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N O HISTORY of Troup County would be complete without the biog¬ 
raphy of the author of this book, the man whose brain and pen 
have preserved for future generations the traditions and achievements of the 
people of this county. 

Clifford Lewis Smith, the fifth child of Rufus Wright and Oreon Mann 
Smith, was born in Greene County, Georgia, March 25, 1867. He came of 
a family of artists and educators. April 2, 1893, he was married to Miss 
Pearl Long of Greenwood, Florida, whose genius and culture have been an 
inspiration to him. After attending Emory College and Chicago University, 
he selected teaching as a profession and taught several years in LaGrange 
Female College. When LaGrange established a public school system, he was 
elected superintendent of the schools and held the position for fourteen 
years. He assisted in completing the plans for Harwell Avenue Grammar 
School and the High School buildings. For a number of years he held a 
most responsible position with the New England Southern Mills and the 
Callaway Mills, rendering valuable service in the research and engineering 
departments of those mills. 

It is said by those who know that Professor Smith is the most versatile 
man in this section of the state. He has no particular hobby, but takes a 
delight in solving problems in higher mathematics. Some years ago, he pre¬ 
sented a monograph of seventy-five solutions to the Pythagorean Problem to 
the University of Chicago and received a letter of congratulations from the 
pedagogical department on the work. He has mastered chemistry and phys¬ 
ics. He is an authority on subjects pertaining to botany and astronomy. 
He is a master in mechanics. He is a musician and knows the technique of 
music. He speaks French, reads Latin and Greek, and understands some 
German, Italian and Spanish. 

A distinct honor came to Mr. Smith in 1908. He was one of a number 
of American teachers invited by the teachers of Great Britain to visit the 
school systems of England, Scotland and Ireland. He made an extended 
trip to those countries and on his return wrote a report to the American 
Civic Federation under whose auspices the visit was made. This report 




relating to these schools and the educational systems was given the title of 
“Views and Values.” He has written a number of treatises on different 
subjects, the most recent of which is a booklet on the Trees and Birds of 
Troup County. 

The people of Troup County are fortunate in having the history of the 
county written by Professor Smith. As an evidence of this, a resolution 
was introduced by Senator J. R. Terrell, Jr., and passed by the last Georgia 
Senate in the session of 1932 commending Professor Smith for his work in 
the preparation of the History of Troup County. 

Professor Smith is a most pleasing conversationalist. He possesses a rare 
grace and charm of manner. He is courteous, unpretentious, genial and 
efficient. He is loved and respected by all who know him. He is a loyal 
friend, a good neighbor, an upright citizen, a Christian gentleman. Such 
is the author of the History of Troup County. 

J. H. Melson, Superintendent 
Troup County Schools. 


IV 


INTRODUCTION 


I N PRESENTING this compilation of the history of Troup County, the 
author wishes to acknowledge the generous assistance of many citizens 
and of numerous contributors to the local papers, and of the county and 
municipal officials in searching among the old records. 

The information of the early days seems now to be sadly lacking in many 
details, and some characters stand out in exaggerated prominence, while the 
feats of many modest heroes of the long ago are lost in oblivion. The 
apathy of their descendants and the absence of definite recorded facts have 
precluded them from the permanent record. The very names of many 
brilliant actors in the drama and tragedy of the pioneer days excite no 
throb of remembrance or interest in the minds and hearts of many of our 
modern citizens. 

The author wishes especially to acknowledge the assistance of the follow¬ 
ing citizens and officials: 

Barker, Novatus L., Jr., city clerk of West Point. 

Barnes, Mrs. Pearl W., of Abbottsford, for church records. 

Boddie, Miss Belle, of Mountville, for numerous contributions. 

Bradfield, Mrs. Jennie E., of LaGrange, for Confederate records. 
Dickinson, Marvin M., of LaGrange, for assistance in paper files. 

Dozier, Rev. W. E., of Loyd Chapel, for church history and records. 
Faver, Mrs. Mattie T., of LaGrange, for papers of Judge W. W. Turner. 
Griggs, Miss Carrie Lou, of West Point, for clippings and data. 
Henderson, Miss Lillian, of Atlanta, for Confederate rosters. 

Heyman, Miss Bertha, of West Point, for data and contributions. 
Hightower, Charles T., of Hogansville, city clerk. 

Hill, Mrs. Annie Bass, of West Point, for data and contributions. 
Hudson, Asa C., of LaGrange, for Ferrell Battery data. 

Johnson, Mrs. Ola M., of West Point, for papers, records and data. 
LaGrange Graphic, for use of files. 

LaGrange Reporter, for use of files. 

Lanier, Mrs. Ada F., of West Point, for church records. 

Loyd, Walter R., of East Vernon, for assistance in investigations. 


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McLendon, Mrs. M. F., of LaGrange, for numerous old paper files. 
Melson, J. H., of Hogansville, for county school records. 

Moon, Mrs. E. T., of LaGrange, for diary and papers of West Point. 
Moss, J. H., of LaGrange, city clerk. 

O’Neal, V. R., of LaGrange, for numerous papers and investigations. 
Oslin, Mrs. Mary P., of West Point, for scrapbook and data. 

Park, Mrs. Annie Lizzie, of LaGrange, for papers of Judge J. B. Strong. 
Pharr, R. O., of LaGrange, for church records. 

Polhill, Mrs. Mary P., of LaGrange, for records of U. D. C. and D. A. R. 
Rakestraw, Mrs. Elizabeth D., of LaGrange, for old diary and papers. 
Render, L. J., of LaGrange, much interesting data. 

Slack, Dr. and Mrs. H. R., of LaGrange, for numerous contributions. 
Smedley, D. B., of West Point District, for church records. 

Smith, Mrs. Pearl L., of LaGrange, for assistance in editing. 

Traylor, G. T., of LaGrange, for assistance in county records. 

Traylor, J. E., of LaGrange, for locating the "Burnt Village.” 

Traylor, Miss Lizzie, of Atlanta, for scrapbook and documents. 

Trimble, W. S., of Chickamauga, for Hogansville data. 

Wells, Mrs. Bettie B., of Mountville, for diary and documents. 

Whatley, S. H., of Thomaston, for church records. 

Young, Mrs. R. M., of LaGrange, for scrapbook and papers. 

The contributions referred to above were in the form of manuscript, 
verbal information, or clippings of articles published in various newspapers 
and magazines. 

The author presents this volume with the accompanying wish that the 
reader dwell not on its imperfections, nor berate the omissions, but that 
he may note the errors and omissions, and carefully preserve such notes 
for the use of the compiler of our next county history. 

Clifford L. Smith, County Historian. 

LaGrange, Ga. 

December 31, 1933. 


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TABLE OF CONTENTS 


PAGE 

Chapter I. George Michael Troup_ 1 

Chapter II. Acquisition _ 3 

Chapter III. Subdivision and Distribution _ 9 

Chapter IV. Boundaries _ 27 

Chapter V. Organization _ 38 

Chapter VI. Troup County Courts_ 41 

Chapter VII. Municipalities _ 47 

Chapter VIII. Troup County Localities_ 64 

Chapter IX. Troup County Military_ 67 

Chapter X. Troup County Minerals and Rocks_ 84 

Chapter XI. Troup County Trees _ 88 

Chapter XII. Troup County Birds _ 99 

Chapter XIII. Transportation _„_ 106 

Chapter XIV. Public Utilities _ 112 

Chapter XV. Troup County Textile Industry_ 115 

Chapter XVI. Industrial and Commercial _ 123 

Chapter XVII. Educational _ 129 

Chapter XVIII. Literature and Arts - 143 

Chapter XIX. Public Buildings _ 149 

Chapter XX. Churches _ 154 

Chapter XXI. Organizations - 175 

Chapter XXII. Architectural Features - 185 

Chapter XXIII. Customs and Practices - 198 

Chapter XXIV. Confederate Roster - 205 

Chapter XXV. World War Soldiers and Sailors_ 237 

Chapter XXVI. Troup County Cemeteries__— 25 5 

Chapter XXVII. Officials and Old Citizens-...- 258 

Chapter XXVIII. Statesmen of Georgia- 306 

Chapter XXIX. Acts of Legislature - 312 

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CHAPTER I. GEORGE MICHAEL TROUP 

/IjO EORGE M. TROUP, for whom Troup County was named, was the 
son of John Troup and Catherine McIntosh, and was born on the 
Tombigbee River, then in the territory of Georgia, on September 8, 1780. 
His maternal uncle, William McIntosh, married the daughter of an Indian 
chief, and their eldest son was William McIntosh, the president of the Creek 
Nation. 

George M. Troup was graduated from Princeton in 1797. He was a 
Georgia congressman from 1807 to 1815, and in 1816 was elected as United 
States senator, but resigned in 1818. He was governor of Georgia from 
1823 to 1827, and in 1829 was again elected as United States senator. 

It was during his administration as governor that the treaty with the 
Creek Nation was negotiated by the United States for the cession of the 
territory, of which Troup County forms a part, as it was dated February 12, 
1825. 

His old home was in Laurens County and was named by the Troup family 
"Valdosta,” but it is not the site of the city of that name. He died while 
visiting one of his plantations near Soperton in what was Montgomery, but 
now Wheeler County, on April 26, 18 56, and was buried on the Rosemont 
plantation, about seven miles from Soperton. His grave is marked by a 
substantial monument, erected originally to the memory of his brother, who 
had died in 1848. One face of the monument bears this inscription: 

"Erected by G. M. Troup, the brother, 
and G. M. Troup, Jr., the nephew, 
as a tribute to the memory of 
R. L. Troup 

who died September 23, 1848 
Aged 64 years.” 

On the opposite face of the monument is the following inscription: 

"George Michael Troup 
Born September 8, 1780 
Died April 26, 18 56 
No epitaph can tell his worth 
The History of Georgia must perpetuate 
His virtues and commemorate 
His Patriotism 
There he teaches us 
the argument being exhausted 
To Stand by our Arms.” 


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History of Troup County 


Governor Troup was a fearless and upright man, uncompromising in his 
allegiance to principles, and one of the most earnest advocates of States 
Rights in the commonwealth. 

It is fitting here to record the address of welcome given by Governor 
Troup to LaFayette on the occasion of his visit to Georgia in 1825, which 
was delivered on the banks of the Savannah River. It is probable that this 
address inspired Col. Julius C. Alford to offer the home of LaFayette as a 
name to LaGrange at the public meeting held for the purpose of selecting 
a name for the county town. 

'’Welcome, LaFayette! ’Tis little more than ninety years since the founder 
of this state first set foot upon the bank on which you stand. Today 400,000 
people open their arms and their hearts to receive you. Thanks to the kind 
Providence which presides over human affairs, you were called to the stand¬ 
ard of independence in the helplessness of the American Revolution and you 
have been graciously spared that in your last days the glory of an empire 
might be reflected upon your countenance amid the acclimations of millions. 

"For you the scenes which are to come will be comparatively tranquil; 
the waters no longer turbulent but placid. No more dread of dungeons; no 
more fear of tyrants for you. Oh, sir, what consolation it must be to one 
who has passed through seas of trouble to know that between you and them 
are the countless bayonets which guard the blessings of freedom! Welcome, 
General! Friend of Liberty, welcome! Thrice welcome to Georgia!” 


George Michael Troup. 


CHAPTER II. ACQUISITION 


/'7~|'"TIE STATE of Georgia was formerly inhabited by two distinct In- 
111 dian groups, one of which was the Cherokee Nation, mountaineers 
or uplanders as their name signifies in their own language; the other group 
was a federation of several tribes, who retained their own tribal names. 
Among the latter were found the Coosa, Kasita (Cusseta), Kawita (Coweta), 
Alibamu, Yamasi (Yemassee), Shawano (Shawnee), Seminoles and some 
other small tribes. This confederation was called by the northern Indians 
in the Algonquin tongue: "Muscogi,” the English translation of which 
name came into common use and was adopted by the confederation as their 
official name of "Creeks.” 

The attitude of the Creeks towards the colonists was friendly and cordial. 
In the first treaty of October, 1733, the settlers were invited "to make use 
and possess all those lands, which the Nation hath not occasion to use.” 
Six years later in 1739, there was held at Coweta town, an Indian town 
near Columbus, a council of Creeks, Cherokees and Chehaws, which con¬ 
firmed the treaty of 1733 and fixed the bounds of the cession as between 
the Savannah and Ogeechee rivers as far north as Little River, which is 
north of Augusta. At the same council the boundary of the Creek Nation 
was set forth as "from the St. Johns River westward to Apalachee bay and 
northwards to the mountains,” and the council recognized these as bounds 
of the Creek territory, and the mountains were recognized as Cherokee ter¬ 
ritory. The next convention was held at Augusta in 1763. It was attended 
by the chief executives of four colonies: Governor Dobbs of North Caro¬ 
lina, Governor Boone of South Carolina, Governor Wright of Georgia, Lt. 
Governor Fauquier of Virginia, and seven hundred tribesmen representing 
all southern tribes. This convention merely confirmed the original cession 
of territory. 

In 1773, forty years after the first treaty, the Cherokees ceded twenty 
miles further north, which cession is the present Wilkes County, and the 
Creeks ceded the coast between the Ogeechee and Altamaha rivers. Both 
of these cessions were financial transactions. During the War of Independ¬ 
ence, in 1778, inasmuch as the Creeks fought with the Tories and English, 
the coastal plain was widened by seizure, which marked the beginning of 
the end of cordial relations. 

The following purchases were made in addition to those mentioned above: 
in 1790, the territory between the Ogeechee and Oconee rivers; in 1802 
and 1804, from the Oconee to the Ocmulgee River; in 1814, the southern 
part of the state as far west as the Chattahoochee River and as far north as 
Fort Gaines, Georgia. 




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History of Troup County 


In the eighty years after the first cession in 1733, the Creeks had made 
wonderful progress in agriculture and government. Near the towns there 
were patches of corn, yams, beans, melons, gourds and tobacco, which were 
tended by the squaws and their negro slaves, who were acquired at an early 
date in the slave trade. For it must be remembered that the importation 
of slaves was prohibited by the Constitution of Georgia, which was adopted 
in 1798. The Creek houses, consisting of two or four rooms separated by 
an open hallway, were of their own design and later were imitated by the 
pioneers. The central hallway was used by the Indians as a council gather¬ 
ing place, but was called by the pioneers the "Dog-Trot.” The early roads 
were little more than trails or bridal paths, and were usually located across 
the crests of hills in order that the distant landmarks might be easily seen. 

The capital city of the Creek Nation was Indian Springs (near Flovilla, 
Georgia) and the government consisted of representatives from every town 
to constitute its assembly or legislature. As early as 1763, there were fifty 
towns and the Indian population was as much .as forty to fifty thousand, 
for the warriors or soldiers numbered 5,860 exclusive of old men, squaws 
and children. 

The head chief and president of the assembly had built a capitol and a 
presidential residence at Indian Springs and the Creek Assembly had con¬ 
ferred on the president the rank of General of the Creek Armies. The 
commissioning of colonels, captains and other military officers followed soon 
thereafter. The passing visitor was introduced to Gen. William McIntosh, 
President of the Creek Nation, whose home was at McIntosh Reserve in 
Carroll County, and whose residence as president was at Indian Springs, 
capital of the Creek Nation. 

The question of taxation or raising funds for the central government 
was a difficult problem for the Creek legislature: the agricultural products 
were cultivated on a scale commensurate with the family needs; and the 
trade in baskets, pottery, moccasins, fur caps and coats was generally in the 
form of barter; hence, there seemed to be no feasible or practical form of 
taxation. The Assembly finally concluded that the cession and sale of 
territory was the simplest method of securing means for the purchase of 
arms and tools for their military and agricultural equipment. These re¬ 
peated cessions of territory for such equipment were complicated by the 
increasing number of tribesmen from year to year and the constantly de¬ 
creasing area of hunting grounds. The consequence was an increasing dis¬ 
satisfaction among the tribesmen with the course of events. The clashes 
between the conflicting interests of the pioneers and the Indian trappers 
and hunters emphasized the growing dissatisfaction. 


Acquisition 


5 


Most of the legislation of the Creek Assembly was of a military character 
and the most important issue was a method of equipping the army for 
which a large sum was necessary for arms and uniforms. In 1821 an Assem¬ 
bly was called to consider this momentous question, and there followed the 
largest sale and cession of territory in the national Creek history. This 
sale included the central part of Georgia southeast of the Thronateeska 
River, which is now called the Flint. While the desire for money and arms 
finally overcame the hesitation to surrender this territory, yet the Assembly 
also passed an enactment that no further cessions of territory should be 
made except by unanimous consent, pledging their lives as forfeit for the 
violation of the edict. 

The next cession of territory, which gave the state of Georgia that part 
in which Troup County is situated, was made by a council or assembly 
summoned to Indian Springs on February 12, 1825. This transaction was 
of little credit to either of contracting parties, for it is easy to read between 
the lines the persuasion, bribery and promises of protection on one side and 
the treachery and violation of the law on the other. The price paid to the 
Creeks for the cession was $400,000.00 in cash, an equivalent area beyond 
the Mississippi River, and the expense of moving. The text of treaty fol¬ 
lows: 

Creek Treaty of 1825 . Articles of a Convention entered into and 
concluded at Indian Springs, between Duncan G. Campbell and James 
Meriwether, Commissioners on the part of the United States of America, 
duly authorized, and the Chiefs of the Creek Nation in Council assembled. 

Whereas the said Commissioners, on the part of the United States of America, have 
represented to the said Creek Nation that it is the policy and earnest wish of the general 
government, that the several Indian tribes within the limits of any of the several states of 
the Union should remove to territory to be designated on the west side of the Mississippi 
River, as well for the better protection and security of said tribes, and their improvement 
in civilization, as for the purpose of enabling the United States, in this instance, to comply 
with the compact entered into with the State of Georgia, on the twenty-fourth day of April, 
in the year one thousand eight hundred and two; And the said Commissioners having laid 
the late Message of the President of the United States, upon this subject, before a General 
Council of the said Creek Nation, to the end that their removal might be effected upon 
the terms advantageous to both parties; And whereas, the Chiefs of the Creek towns have 
assented to the reasonableness of said proposition and expresses a willingness to emigrate 
beyond the Mississippi, those of Tokaubatchee excepted: 

These presents therefore witness, that the contracting parties have this day entered into 
the following Convention: The Creek Nation cedes to the United States all the lands lying 
within the boundaries of the State of Georgia as defined by the compact hereinbefore cited, 
now occupied by said Nation, or to which said Nation have title or claim; and also all other 
lands which they now occupy, or to which they have title or claim, lying north and west 
of a line to be run from the first principal falls upon the Chatauhoochie River above Cowe- 
tau town, to Ocfuskee Old Town upon the Tallapoosa, thence to fails of Coosaw River, 


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History of Troup County 


at or near a place called Hickory Ground. The next eight paragraphs merely give the de¬ 
tails of the manner of payment and the plans for the final removal to the selected place 
beyond the Mississippi River. 

In testimony whereof, the Commissioners aforesaid, and the Chiefs and Headmen of the 
Creek Nation have hereunto set their hands and seals, this the twelfth day of February, 
in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five. 

(Signed) Duncan G. Campbell, 

James Meriwether, 

Commissioners on part of U. S. 
William McIntosh, 

Head Chief of Cowetaus. 

The above document was also signed by the following chiefs and headmen 
from the following towns, and a number not designating their town: 

Cowetau: Etommee Tustunnuggee; Ahalaco Yoholo. Big Shoal: Halatha Fixico. 
Hitchatee: Josiah Gray; William Kanard; Neha Thluco Hatkee. New Yauco: Wa- 
lucco Hajo; Cohausee Ematla; Nineomau Toochee. ^ Sand Town in Troup: Konope 
Emautla; Chawacala Mico; Foctalustee Emautla. Talladega: Espokoke Hajo; Alex Las- 
ley; Emautla Hajo; Nincomatochee; Chuhah Hajo. Town not Indicated: Benjamin 
Marshall; Foshagee Tustunnuggee; Tomico Holueto; Tomoc Mico; Cowetau Tustunnuggee; 
Artus Mico, or Roley McIntosh; Oethlamata Tustunnuggee; Emau Chuccolocana; Yah Te 
Ko Hajo; Hoethlepoga Tustunnuggee; Forshatepu Mico; Nocosee Emautla; Abeco Tustun¬ 
nuggee; Tallassee Hajo, or John Carr; Chilly McIntosh; Athlan Hajo; Tuskegee Tustun¬ 
nuggee; Enaha Hajo; Col. William Miller; Charles Miller; Tallassee Hajo; Hepocokee 
Emautla; Hi jo Hajo; Holahtau, or Col. Blue; Joseph Marshall; Tuskenahah; Coccus Hajo; 
Thla Tho Hajo; Samuel Miller; Otulga Emautla. 

Executed on the day as above written (February 12, 1 825) in the presence of John 
Crowell, Agent for Indian Affairs. 

(Signed) William F. Hay, Secretary. 

William Meriwether. 

William Hambley, 17. S. Interpreter. 

Indian Springs Reservation. On February 14, 182 5, two days after 
the signing of the above cession, the reservation of Indian Springs was bought 
and the text of the transfer is given below: 

Whereas the foregoing articles of convention have been concluded between the parties 
thereto; and Whereas, the Indian Chief, General William McIntosh, claims title to the 
Indian Springs Reservation, upon which there are very extensive buildings and improve¬ 
ments, by virtue of a relinquishment to said General William McIntosh, signed in full 
Council of the Nation; and Whereas the said General William McIntosh hath claim to an¬ 
other reservation of land on the Ocmulgee River, and by his lessee and tenant is in possession 
thereof: Now these presents further witness that the said General William McIntosh, and 
also the chiefs of the Creek Nation, in Council assembled, do quitclaim, convey, and cede 
to the United States, the reservation aforesaid, for and in consideration of the sum of 
twenty-five thousand dollars, to be paid at the time and in the manner as stipulated for 
the first installment provided for in the preceding treaty. Upon the ratification of these 
articles, the possession of said reservations shall be considered as passing to the United 
States, and the accruing rents of the present year shall pass also. 


Acquisition 


7 


In testimony whereof, the said Commissioners on the part of the United States, and the 
said William McIntosh and the Chiefs of the Creek Nation, have hereunto set their hands 
and seals, at Indian Springs, this the fourteenth day of February, in the year of Our Lord 
one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five. 


William McIntosh. 
Eotommee Tustunnuggee. 
Tuskegon Tustunnuggee. 
Col. William Miller. 
Josiah Gray. 

Nehathlucco Hatchee. 
Alexander Lasley. 
William Canard. 


(Signed) Duncan G. Campbell, 
James Meriwether, 

U. S. Commissioners. 


Witnesses at Execution: 

William F. Hay, Secretary. 

William Hambley, U. S. Interpreter. 


Quitclaim of Chiefs. Three months later in order to have a written 
agreement of the oral relinquishment of the above properties on the part of 
the Council to General William McIntosh, the following document was exe¬ 
cuted by the parties thereto as indicated in the document: 

Whereas by a stipulation in the treaty of Indian Springs in 1821, there was a reserve of 
land made to include the said Indian Springs for the use of General William McIntosh, be 
it therefore known to all to whom it may concern, that we, the undersigned Chiefs and 
Headmen of the Creek Nation, do hereby agree to relinquish all the right, title and control 
of the Creek Nation to said reserve, unto him the said William McIntosh and his heirs 
forever, in as full and ample a manner as we are authorized to do. 

(Signed) Big B. W. Warrior. John Crowell, 

Yoholo Mico. Agent for Indian Affairs, 

Little Prince. July 25, 1825. 

Hopoi Hajo. 

Tuskehenehau. 

Aokefuska Yohola. 

The Final Tragedy. Gen. William McIntosh, President of the Creek 
Nation, after the Council had finished its work at Indian Springs, remained 
there some time gathering together the Council records, closing up his per¬ 
sonal affairs and removing his personal property from Indian Springs and 
his Ocmulgee farm, and some time near the first of August, 1825, he made 
his way back to McIntosh Reserve in the present Carroll County. There a 
number of chiefs waited upon him, and giving him one day to arrange his 
affairs, they executed him in accordance with the Creek laws for the viola¬ 
tion of their agreement not to sell any further territory without unanimous 
consent of the Council. 

The above incident is noted in order to show some of the causes of the 
subsequent raids and annoyances experienced by the pioneers at the hands 
of the Indians in retaliation for the treacherous sale of their hunting grounds. 
The chief of Tokaubatchie was recorded in the treaty as being present and 


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History of Troup County 


not assenting to the sale, and his followers did not consider an illegal treaty 
as binding upon them. 

Thus was the territory between the Flint and the Chattahoochee rivers 
acquired by the United States for the State of Georgia. The State of Geor¬ 
gia at once took steps to survey and subdivide this newly acquired territory 
into land districts and land lots preparatory to the creation of counties. 


CHAPTER III. SUBDIVISION AND DISTRIBUTION 


S URVEYING. The first step preceding the organization of the ter¬ 
ritory acquired from the Creek Nation was a complete survey and 
subdivision of the whole area. There were employed a corps of one hun¬ 
dred civil engineers to subdivide the area into land districts and land lots. 

The land districts were laid off with a fair degree of accuracy and the 
bounding lines of districts closely approximate due east and west, and north 
and south. The size of a land district is a square of nine miles on each 
side, 720 chains of sixty-six feet, or a total of 47,520 feet. Those districts 
adjacent to the Flint and Chattahoochee rivers were modified by the wind¬ 
ings of the streams; the Fifth and the Ninth districts of original Troup 
County were narrow from east to west and were eighteen miles from the 
north to the south lines; the First district in the southeast corner of the 
original county was small and contained an Indian Reservation on the Flint 
River of one square mile, which is now in the present Talbot County. 

The land lots were subdivisions of the land districts and were laid off 
as one-sixteenth of a normal land district side, measuring forty-five chains, 
or 2970 feet on each side. This subdivision makes two hundred and fifty- 
six land lots in a normal land district. Careless measurements and the 
frequent mistaking of line markings have produced many irregularities in 
the county districts. It must be remembered that the subdivisions were 
made before the counties were created, and in consequence, a land district 
may lie in several different counties as at present constituted. The original 
boundaries of Troup County included all the land lots in the twelve land 
districts of the Third Section of the survey, lying between the Flint and 
Chattahoochee rivers, as may be seen from the accompanying map of the 
original county; but later changes left the Sixth District as the only entire 
one in the county as at present. This is the district in which LaGrange 
is situated. 

Distribution. Before the counties were created by the General Assembly 
of Georgia, the land lots of the whole area of five sections as subdivided 
into sections, land districts and land lots, were distributed by lottery to the 
citizens of the organized counties of Georgia. The only qualifications for 
eligibility were three years residence in the state; but revolutionary soldiers 
and those who served in the Indian wars, as well as widows of such soldiers, 
were entitled to an extra free draw in the land lottery of 1825. 

Original Grantees. The land lots were distributed by lottery to the 
citizens of other older counties, and nearly all of the whole lots were so 
distributed. The whole lots contained 202acres. The undistributed 
lots and the fractional lots were sold by the state afterwards, some as late 


10 


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TROUP COUNTY LAND DISTRICTS 
SHOWING LAN D LOTS 
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11 


as 18 50. Some of these original grants were afterwards declared fraudulent 
by the courts, and the original grant canceled and the lots resold. 

The lot numbers followed by an asterisk (*) are fractional lots of less 
acreage than those unmarked; those followed by a dagger (f) are not 
wholly in Troup County; the county from which registrations were made 
is the third column; names followed by an asterisk (*) are revolutionary 
soldiers or their widows; those followed by a dagger (f) are soldiers of 
Indian wars or their widows. 

Third Land District Grantees 


96 

Woods, Martha _ 

_Greene 

97 

Dupree, Martha* _ 

—Twiggs 

98 

Grant, Joshua __ 

—.Laurens 

99 

Fulton, Silas _ 

-McIntosh 

100 

Lindley, Thomas _ 

- Walton 

101 

Morris, Jesse H. _ 

Columbia 

102* 

Hall, Thomas _ 


103* 

Dixon, Josiah _... 


104 

Gordy, Elizabeth _ 

_Burke 

105 

Freeman, John __ 

_Clarke 

106 

Deveaux, Maj. P.*_ 

..Chatham 

107 

Moss, William _ 

—.Morgan 

108 

Light, Emanuel _ 

.Gwinnett 

109 

Lloyd, Leroy _ _ 

_Bibb 

130 

Jones, John _ _ 

_Hall 

131 

Pitman, John _ 

—Twiggs 

132 

Merkison, Daniel _ 

_Jones 

133 

Young, John* ... 

—Tattnall 

134 

Perryman, Rebecca _ 

.Columbia 

13 3 

Wagnon, George M. _ 

..DeKalb 

136* 

Sledge, Shirley _ . 

_Troup 

137* 

Dixon, Josiah _ _ 


138 

Milton, Martha ___ 

...Putnam 

139 

Johnson, Isaac N.| __ 

„..DeKalb 

140 

Almand, William _ 

_Burke 

141 

Walton, S. W. _ 

—Twiggs 

142 

Fulghum, Cornelius B. ... 

...Franklin 

143 

Way, John N__ 

_Liberty 

164 

Owens, Hardaman _ 

_Jasper 

163 

Heath, Lunsford _ 

—Putnam 

166 

Elum, William __ 

-DeKalb 

167 

Mahoney, Dennis B. _ 

—Lincoln 

168 

Powell, Chapman _ 

.DeKalb 

169 

Tommey, Joseph _ 

...Newton 

170* 

Farrar John 


171* 

Farrar, John _ 



172 

Bohannon, Ruddy _ 

_...Morgan 

173 

Gilmer, Charles L. _ 

Oglethorpe 

174 

Blackman, Amos L. .... 

_Liberty 

173 

Hand, William _ 

-Appling 

176 

Barnett, Caroline _ 

_Clarke 

177 

Peek, Thomas J. _ 

_Newton 

198 

Hall, Elihu —__ 

_—Greene 

199 

Goodwin, John _ 

_Baldwin 

200 

Hughes, Simon _ 

_Morgan 

201 

Clements, Anna* _ 

_Putnam 

202 

McDonald, William _ 

_Hall 

203 

George, Joseph W. _ 

_Monroe 

204* 

Hardy, James D.. 

— 

203* 

Carter, George W. _ 

— 

206 

Dees, J., I., &c- 

.Newton 

207 

Dunston, William _ 

_Jackson 

208 

Moore, William _ 

_Putnam 

209 

McMullin, W. _ 

-Twiggs 

210 

Huguley, Job _ 

_Wilkes 

211 

Bugg, Mary _ _ 

.—Richmond 

232 

McCurdy, Moses _ 

_„_Elbert 

233 

Moffett, Agnes __ 

_Columbia 

234 

Cook, Theodosius _ 

_Elbert 

233 

Freel, Elizabeth* _ 

_Columbia 

236 

Morgan, Griffin - 

_Jones 

237 

Rucker, Bardenf _ 

_Elbert 

238* 

Robertson, Leslie H. .. 

..Troup 

239* 

Carlisle & Gragg - 

— 

240 

Anderson, Ann* _ 

_Walton 

241 

Radney, John - 

_Hancock 

242 

Grenade, Benjamin M. 

..Clarke 

243 

Atwood, Berry - 

_Gwinnett 

244 

Granade, Adam __ 

_Warren 

243 

Griffin, Blany _ 

_Monroe 

266 

Pryor, Elizabeth _ 

—Oglethorpe 

267 

Hamlin, Thomas — . 

__Jones 
















































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Sanford, Littleberry 

_Taliaferro 

274* 

McCoy, Leroy ... 

Nelson, Wilie .. 

.....Walton 

275* 

McCoy, Edward and L.—. 

James, Isaiah __ 

_Bibb 

276* 

Glaze, John ___Troup 

Wall, Maddox —►— 

_Lincoln 

277* 

Chaffin, Thomas __•- 

Saffold, Adam G. 

_Morgan 

278* 

Tichnor, Hope H-Meriwether 

Saffold, Adam G. .— 

_Morgan 

279* 

Tichnor, Hope H-Meriwether 


Fourth Land District Grantees 


Perry, Jamesf -Columbia 

Williams, Willis* _Newton 

Braddy, John -Morgan 

Crittendon, John* - .....Twiggs 

Herington, Martin . ...Burke 

Putnam, Ezekiel . Hall 

Fish, Calvin _Jasper 

Jenkins, Shepherd _Habersham 

Porter, William G.Effingham 

Pitts, Lunsford _..Houston 

Biffie, John* _DeKalb 

Saffold, Adam G.-- 

Ray, Benjamin ___ 

Evans, Pleasant_Jasper 

Hicks, Nathaniel H. Pecatur 

Willoughby, J__Pulaski 

Wright, Appleton _Walton 

Walters, Peter I.....Franklin 

James, Joseph, Sr..Richmond 

Skinner, Archibald _Elbert 

Paine, Capt. Thos., Jr.Chatham 

Huspeth, William _ DeKalb 

Lee, Andrew, Jr....Lincoln 

Smith, Elihu _Walton 

Hester, William _ Laurens 

Kent, Elizabeth _Clarke 

Patterson, Job C. _Jasper 

Thompson, Nelson _ Madison 

Glover, Richard _Gwinnett 

Griffin, Thomasf _Hancock 

Tomlinson, Leroy H._.Monroe 

Shaw, John _Jasper 

Phillips, Benj. J._Bibb 

Love, John .. Greene 

Hall, Hardy _Appling 

Bailey, Charles C.__ 

Bailey, Charles C.__ 

Holcombe, Sherwood*_Habersham 

Jones, Elmina _...Gwinnett 

Marsh, Jane _Burke 


56 

Farley, Jane* _ 

_Newton 

57 

Suddeth, John _ 

_..Lincoln 

58 

Bateman, Jeremiah .... 

_Richmond 

59 

Arthur, Mathew* . 

_Habersham 

60 

Jarvis, John M_ 

_Chatham 

61 

Wallis, William _ 

__Hall 

62 

Meriwether, V. H_ 

_Oglethorpe 

63 

Dunford, E. and C._. 

_Burke 

74 

Maxwell, William S. 

_Fayette 

75 

Wallace, Robert G_ 

_Chatham 

76 

White, James _ . 

_Habersham 

77 

Duke, William ... 

...Washington 

78 

Wright, Gillis .. 

_Jones 

79 

Courvoisie, Sarah .. 

....Chatham 

80 

Vowel, John _ 

_Fayette 

81 

Cogbern, William .... 

....Washington 

82 

Kelly, William* . 

..._Elbert 

83 

Prescott, Moses ... 

_Ware 

84 

Page, John ___ 

....Washington 

oo 

* 

Parish, Polly _ 


86* 

Williamson, John . 


87 

Dowdy, Richard* _ 

_Chatham 

88 

Easters, Jiles .. 

_Irwin 

89 

Johnson, Stephen .. 

__Fayette 

90 

Griffin, Nancy .. 

__Liberty 

91 

Low, Stephen . 

_Wilkinson 

92 

Evans, Eliumf ... 

_Elbert 

93 

Mathews, Samuel _ 

-Twiggs 

94 

Morris, Isham _ 

-Pike 

95 

Inmon, Daniel* _ 

_Burke 

96 

Kelly, William .. 

__Hall 

97 

Calhoun, Adam .. 

....Washington 

108 

Reeves, Allen _ 

.....Fayette 

109 

Crowell, Nancy* _ 

_.Gwinnett 

110 

Singletery, William .. 

-Pulaski 

111 

Tate, Solomon D.. 

.....Franklin 

112 

Sexton, John H..._. 

-Walton 

113 

Pruitt, Moses Y..... 

-Warren 

114 

Johnson, NicholasJ ... 

—_-Jasper 

115 

Edwards, Joseph* _ 

.Franklin 










































































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13 


116 Waldroop, Major ..Jones 

117 Tucker, Lewis -Franklin 

118 Brown, Aaron __Elbert 

119* Williamson, Thomas __ 

120* Shaw, William __ 

121 Bryan, David* ..Monroe 

122 Woodall, Johnson _Taliaferro 

123 Joiner, Maley _Dooly 

124 McDowell, John _Jefferson 

12 5 Grant, Gregory _Elbert 

126 Crawford, Archibald _Morgan 

127 Ellis, John _^_Washington 

128 Walden, Sarah __Jones 

129 Johnson, William _Washington 

130 Cottincan, Lucy _Chatham 

131 Cobb, Henry ___Morgan 

142 Mullins, John, Sr._Hall 

143 Lucas, John P.*_ Walton 

144 Youngblood, P. _Twiggs 

145 McNeal, Allen _Monroe 

146 Freeman, Martha F._Hancock 

147 Maruda, Peaty _Jasper 

148 Vann, William _Upson 

149 Gordon, William _....Gwinnett 

150 Baggett, Allen _Walton 

151 Curry, James _Greene 

152 Jones, Seaborn A. H.—-Washington 

15 3* Edmundson, Wiley S... 

154* McKenzie, James .. 

155 Blare, George ..Habersham 

156 Smith, Anthony G._Oglethorpe 

157 Chance, Simpson* _Jefferson 

158 Johnson, William _Early 

159 Bevers, Jane* _Jackson 

160 Beaird, William _Columbia 

161 Suddeth, John _Lincoln 

162 Wilkinson, H. S._Pike 

163 Boyd, Hambleton _Burke 

164 Turner, Sarah ...__Baldwin 

165 Dyer, Alexander _Walton 

176 Scott, John* ___Bibb 

177 Andrews, Joseph _Liberty 

178 Prather, Richard _Lincoln 

179 Ousley, Lucy _Jones 

180 Dossett, Philip* _Richmond 

181 Johnson, James _Oglethorpe 

182 Bailey, Jacob _._Newton 

183 Swan, Thomas _Taliaferro 

184 Runnals, Ephraim __Emanuel 


Pearson, Quinny ...Washington 

Goodwin, Elizabeth _Clarke 

Haddock, James __ 

Hardin, John _ * 

Huff, James H...Crawford 

Barrow, William . Upson 

Bailie, Peter K. Telfair 

Hitchcock, Jesse _Walton 

Allinder, Edward C_Chatham 

Aycock, Benjamin _Wilkinson 

King, Charles L_Chatham 

Sturdivant, Caroline _Jones 

Hornsby, P., J. & E.McIntosh 

Moss, Matthewf _Newton 

Wortham, William T_Morgan 

Gregory, Elizabeth _Pulaski 

Nicholson, John, Jr... Hall 

Freeman, Thomas _Decatur 

Wiley, Leroy M. Baldwin 

Miers, John _Monroe 

Moseley, Samuel _Franklin 

Hayman, Stouten, Jr. ......Bryan 

Burton, Thomas* _Elbert 

Worsham, Lucinda B._Baldwin 

Bryant, Langley _Camden 

Heard, George W. Monroe 

Hardin, John _Troup 

Hogg, John _Troup 

Tallant, Mary . Bulloch 

Culbreath, Aug.f .Oglethorpe 

Landrum, Timothy* _Jasper 

Hoover, John . Bulloch 

Lindsey, Thomas _-_Wilkes 

Dunivant, Nancy _Hancock 

Franks, Marion A. Franklin 

Pullin, John .....Columbia 

Simpson, William _Jasper 

Buckner, Mary _Habersham 

Smith, Orange ...Gwinnett 

Riggins, Ebenezer G.Chatham 

Perryman, David .Columbia 

Rockwell, Charles W._Chatham 

Hill, George A-....Jasper 

Russell, William J._.....Gwinnett 

Moody, John _Liberty 

Pratt, John _Monroe 

Guthrie, Morgan _ Hall 

Neville, Peter _Chatham 

Evers, Francis _Crawford 


185 

186 

187* 

188* 

189 

190 

191 

192 

193 

194 

195 

196 

197 

198 

199 

210 

211 

212 

213 

214 

215 

216 

217 

218 

219 

220 

221 * 

222 * 

223 

224 

225 

226 

227 

228 

229 

230 

231 

232 

233 

244 

245 

246 

247 

248 

249 

250 

251 

252 

253 

































































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History of 

Troup County 


254 

Day, Samuel Conuel 

_Early 

261 

Delphy, Samuel C— 

_Richmond 

2 5 5* 

Hogg and Haralson.. 

_Troup 

262 

Donohoe, John W. ... 

_Oglethorpe 

256* 

Haralson, Elijah _ 

_Troup 

263 

Holloway, Zachariah 

_DeKalb 

257 

Johnston, William ... 

_Elbert 

264 

McKinney, Abraham 

_Henry 

258 

tonally Charles 

Clarke 

265 

Henderson, E. _ 

__ Hall 

259 

Jeter, Buck _ — 

_Lincoln 

266 

Pate, Aaron ___ 

_Henry 

260 

Fuller, Mary _ — 

_Warren 

267 

Fuller, Mary Ann .. . 

_ Columbia 


Fifth Land District Grantees 


1 

Willis, Harman _ 

_Bibb 

40 

Cabos, John* _ 

_Chatham 

2 

Millican, Allen _ 

_Jackson 

41 

Denby, John _ 

...Richmond 

3 

Bowles, Turner _ 

_Wilkes 

42 

Berson, Joseph H_ 

..Oglethorpe 

4 

Carder, Thomas _ 

...Habersham 

43 

King, Henry _ 

_Crawford 

5 

Culver, Isaacf 

Hancock 

54 

Clance, Jacob _ 

_Twiggs 

6 

Swinney, William H. 

_Greene 

55 

Vickrey, Polly _ _ 

_ .Jasper 

7 

Lackey, John _ 

_Henry 

56 

Coburn, G., J. & M._ 

_Burke 

8 

Davis, Arthur L.f_ 

_Morgan 

57 

Jennings, Creed M_ 

_Morgan 

9 

Evans, D. J.J_ 

Burke 

58 

Bennett, Daniel _ 

..Habersham 

10 

Bennett, Langston _ 

_Gwinnett 

59 

Hawkins, Susan _ 

_Camden 

11 

Criswell, Whitmil _ 

_Wilkinson 

60 

Neal, Lindsey _ . 

_Elbert 

12 

Goolsby, Allen 

Tasner 

61 

Bell, John L_ 

_Franklin 

13 

Rhodes, Lewis B_ 

_Richmond 

62 

Russell, Thomas C_ 

_Henry 

14 

Whitehead, A. W_ 

_Hall 

63 

Armor, Robertf _ 

_Wilkes 

15 

Howard, Alexander ... 

_Morgan 

64 

McClane, Ephraim* _ 

_Gwinnett 

16 

Banyan, William O.— 

_Jones 

65 

Johnson, Baley _ 

..Oglethorpe 

17 

Nolly, Walter 

_Lincoln 

66 

Ware, Bennett M.J_ 

_Morgan 

18 

Underwood, Wm.f _ 

_Elbert 

67 

Scott, Samuel _ .. 

_Gwinnett 

19 

Walker, Willie _ 

_Jefferson 

68 

Osburn, Washington .... 

_Gwinnett 

20 

Pittman, Barnes _.... 

_Jasper 

69 

Latigue, L., R. & I_ 

...Richmond 

21 

Powell, Edward _ 

...Oglethorpe 

70 

Snell, M., D. H. & C. 

C—Pulaski 

22 

Seals, Elizabeth _ 

_Hancock 

71 

Kendrick, John _ 

_Putnam 

23 

Medlin, Richard _ 

_Gwinnett 

72 

Wagnon, Thomas P.* 

_DeKalb 

24 

Swilley, Sarah* _ 

__ ...Liberty 

73 

Langston, Isaac 

Morgan 

25 

Coxville, John _+.. 

_Warren 

74 

Ledbetter, Ephraim _ 

_Gwinnett 

26 

Pierce, Hugh* _ 

...Habersham 

75 

Miller, George* 

Jones 

27 

Stewart, Charles* _ 

_Monroe 

76 

Beddell, Isaac A_ 

Greene 

28 

Snelgrove, Catherine .. 

_Laurens 

77 

Perry, Thomas _ 

...Gwinnett 

29 

Jenkins, A., W. B., M. 

J..-Columbia 

78 

Grogan, Richard _ 

_DeKalb 

30 

Godwin, Hector T_ 

_Putnam 

79 

Harper, Shad _ 

Chatham 

31 

Curry, Elizabeth .. 

..Washington 

80 

Daniel, David _ 

-Jones 

32 

Hodnett, William .. 

_Newton 

81 

Forest, Jesse _ 

_Laurens 

33 

Kent, Daniel* _ 

..Oglethorpe 

82 

Daniel, Thomas _ 

_Houston 

34 

Hebbard, Winneford* 

_Camden 

83 

Howard, James _ 

_Henry 

35 

Hood, Nathaniel R._ 

_Jackson 

84 

Sapp, Saline _ 

-Tattnall 

36 

Gordon, Henry W_ 

...Oglethorpe 

85 

Corson, Thomas _ 

-Appling 

37 

Brooks, Isaac P_ 

Decatur 

86 

Nichols, Solomon _ 

Habersham 

38 

Roberts, Lindsey _ 

_Putnam 

87 

Mills, John ___ 

_Jefferson 

39 

Thompson, E. B._ 

_Gwinnett 

88 

Black, Wm„ Sr.*_ 

...Effingham 

















































































89 

90 

91 

92 

93 

94 

95 

96 

97 

98 

99 

100 

101 

102 

103 

104 

105 

106 

107 

108| 

118 

119 

120 

121 

122 

123 

124 

125 

126 

127 

128 

129 

130 

131 

132 

133 

134 

135 

136 

137 

138 

139 

140 

141 

142* 

143* 

144* 

145* 

146* 


Subdivision and 

Hooks, Thomas* _Putnam 

Pace, Dredziel _Morgan 

Garret, James _ Upson 

Patterson, John* _Burke 

Humphrey, Robert _Warren 

Perryman, David A..Columbia 

Fayette, Thomas _Madison 

Pool, Milly _ Jones 

Barger, James _ Elbert 

Berry, John _Hancock 

Cook, John* - DeKalb 

Dudley, John _Washington 

Overstreet, George _Appling 

Watson, Robert _Monroe 

Wynn, Robert B. Morgan 

Pugh, Martin _Hall 

Solomon, Lazarus* _Twiggs 

Cunningham, Joseph _ Elbert 

Moncrief, Mary _Wilkes 

Myhand, Rosan* _Morgan 

Cureton, Highley _^...DeKalb 

Mills, Matthew _Washington 

Waller, Newbell _Hancock 

Woolfalk, John .Richmond 

Shoemaker, Taltont _Elbert 

Dorithy, John ...Walton 

Husk, Bryantf _Baker 

Wood, Asa .Chatham 

Proctor, Moses T._Burke 

Bethune, William M_Clarke 

Martin, Tandy K-Jackson 

Miller, John _Monroe 

Hall, James C._Laurens 

Tankersley, Henry _Habersham 

Berry, John D.f_Jasper 

Berry, Thomas _Jasper 

Cummins, Benjamin _Greene 

Shaw, Bartley M._Liberty 

Light, Guilford _Hall 

Crabb, Rebecca _ Monroe 

Cross, Stephen* _Burke 

Pinson, Joseph _ Rabun 

Hand, Joseph* _Henry 

Melton, Josiah F.-DeKalb 

Sterling, Wiley J.-Troup 

Hawthorne, John -Troup 

Hawthorne, John -Troup 

Herring, James _Troup 

Williamson, R. R-- 


Distribution 15 

147 Clark, James -Elbert 

148 Jackson, Amos _Habersham 

149 Bone, Jamest _Madison 

150 Graham, Duncan -Bryan 

151 Long, N., S. & J- —Early 

152 Davis, Samuel H.-Upson 

153 Graham, James -Jackson 

154 Callaway, Daniel .Upson 

15 5 Cain, Allen _Washington 

156 Johnson, Jessef _Richmond 

157 Pratt, John, Sr- .Monroe 

15 8 Gresham, Little* - Monroe 

159 Tedder, Zachariah _Jefferson 

160 Brooks, Isham _Monroe 

161 Coats, N_ Putnam 

162 McCollum, Thomas T-Twiggs 

163 Smith, Margaret -Telfair 

164 Cofield, A.Twiggs 

165 West, Alford _Early 

166 Miller, Mark . .Gwinnett 

167 Stocks, Redin _Morgan 

168 Black, John —-Upson 

179 Mills, Elizabeth* . Burke 

180 Stewart, John B..Oglethorpe 

181 Tardum, Lovick P--- Jones 

182 Anderson, T. W--Twiggs 

183 Stewart, children _Newton 

184 Causey, Absalom -Jones 

185 Lang, children _Richmond 

186 Williams, Barny -Pulaski 

187 McKeen, V. L--Richmond 

188 Benson, Elizabeth* _Wilkinson 

189 Wheelis, Lydia* -Jones 

190 Griffin, William _Gwinnett 

191 Bush, Lewis _Laurens 

192 Farmer, Jacob -Jefferson 

193 Odum, Aaron -Bulloch 

194 Mimms, George -Laurens 

195 Genobly, Benjamin -Effingham 

196 Lott, Elizabeth - Hall 

197 Hulsey, Jesse* -Hall 

198 Daggett, B. M. Hancock 

199 Wynn, Robert B-Morgan 

200 Andrews, children -Taliaferro 

201* Sterling, Wiley J-Troup 

202* Sterling, Wiley jt-Troup 

203* Sterling, Wiley J-Troup 

204 Holifield, Willis _Jasper 

205 Lee, Joseph _Lincoln 





















































































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206 

Mangham, Thomas - 

.....Jones 

207 

Robertson, Margaret ... 

_Walton 

208 

Murphy, Elizabeth _ 

_Hancock 

209 

Kugler, orphans of_ 

_Henry 

210 

Beasley, Wm.* _ 

_DeKalb 

211 

Wilkerson, Abel _ 

-Jasper 

212 

Reese, Joel __ 

_Jones 

213 

Pinson, Joseph _ 

_Jackson 

214 

Braddy, Richard H.~. 

_Monroe 

215 

Marks, James M.- 

.....Richmond 

216 

Simpson, Wilson _ 

_Upson 

217 

Dean, George _ 

_Morgan 

218 

Searcey, William _ 

_Baldwin 

219 

Holley, R. H. T_ 

_Henry 

220 

Dennard, G. L.__ 

_Early 

221 

Faulkner, Job _ 

_Fayette 

222 

Harbuck, Michael _ 

_Warren 

223 

Marshall, Matthew _ 

_Jefferson 

224 

Sea, Harris _ 

_Laurens 

235 

Crawford, George W._. 

_Columbia 

236 

Brooks, Wm., Sr,*...^._. 

_Greene 

237 

Pool, William W_ 

_Baldwin 

238 

Penny, Ed* _ 

-Twiggs 

239 

Boils, Charles* _ 

.Montgomery 

240 

Foster, John, Sr.*_ 

_Putnam 

241 

Creek, Willis _ 

_Franklin 

242 

Kitching, John _ 

_Warren 

243 

Scroggins, George* _ 

_Jones 

244 

Weeks, Silas _ 

_Camden 

245 

Allen, Clement _ 

_Greene 

246 

Wimberly, Joshia _ 

_Jackson 

247 

Anthony, Ruth _ 

_Liberty 

248 

Fulcher, Ann _ 

-_Richmond 

249 

Dillard, John ... 

_Rabun 

250 

Daniel, Littleton, Jr... 

_DeKalb 

251 

Maxwell, James A_ 


252 

Currey, William! _ 

_Greene 

253 

Wyatt, Lamina _ 

_Newton 

254 

Lagron, John _ 

_Putnam 

25 5* 

Dye & Stodgill_ 

_ ...Troup 

256* 

Sterling, W. J__ 

_Troup 

257* 

Dye & Stodgill... _ 

_Troup 

258* 

Ward, Richard M..__ . 

_Upson 

259 

Hardy, Charles H_ 

_Jackson 

260 

Tierney, Andrew _ 

_Columbia 

261 

Barron, Willis _ 

...Jones 

262 

Farrar, Nancy _ 

_Morgan 

263 

Meriwether, Francis ... 

_Jackson 

264 

Chance, Isaac _ 

_Jefferson 


265 Price, Robert _Jasper 

266 Stevens, Isaac -Wilkinson 

267 Astin, William L- Greene 

268 Culberson, Robert -Newton 

269 Horton, Johnt _Hancock 

270 Tompkins, John _Washington 

271 Lawson, Jamesf _Wilkinson 

272 Minchew, Martha* ---DeKalb 

273 Brantley, Johnt _Washington 

274 McGinnis, William _Jackson 

275 Robinson, Benjamin _Monroe 

276 Sisson, Rodman _Clarke 

277 Davis, Zion* _Ware 

2 83 Bolton, Robert _Columbia 

284 Bates, Issachar _Jones 

28 5 Moore, Joseph* _Jasper 

2 86 Green, Gregory O._Richmond 

287 Tolbert, Francis _Hall 

288 Glenn, Josephf _Newton 

289 Robinson, Zoroaster _Upson 

290 Wall, Conrad _Columbia 

291 Holbrook, Jesse* _Franklin 

292 Scarlett, F. M.f_Glynn 

293 Mayo, M. & E. H..Washington 

294 Wynn, Gabriel _Baldwin 

295 Lockhart, Charlotte _Jefferson 

296 Berry, Jesse _Habersham 

297 Smith, John A_Chatham 

298 Jernigan, James _Telfair 

299 Barker, Eldridge _Jackson 

300* Standifer, Y. T._Troup 

301* Jones, Hardy _Troup 

302* Harper, John _Troup 

303* Sterling, W. J_Troup 

304* Hester, Thomas _Troup 

305 Echols, Mercer __Clarke 

306 Melton, Bauldy _Gwinnett 

307 Sandafur, John __Morgan 

308 Berry, Thomas _McIntosh 

309 Pritchard, Basil _Baldwin 

310 Brady, Robt., Jr._Jefferson 

311 Spinks, Presley* _Warren 

312* Potts, Moses _Troup 

313* Ratchford, Joseph __ 

314 Forbes, Wesley, Sr. Jasper 

315* Sims, Anderson _Troup 

316* Jordan, Wiley _Twiggs 

317* Pearson, Charles R_Troup 

318* Whitaker, Orandatus _Troup 





















































































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17 


321 * 

Worthy, Thomas _ 


327* 

PrvttQ A/fnsps 


322* 

Hutchins, David _ 

_Troup 

328* 

Beasley, Jarrell _ 

-Troup 

323* 

Potts, Moses _ 

_Troup 

329* 

McCuf.chen W. H. 

T roup 

324* 

Potts, Moses _ 

—....Troup 

3 30* 

Smedley, Thomas _ 

_Troup 

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....-Troup 

331* 

Thrash, Valentine .. 

...Troup 

326* 

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-...Troup 





Sixth Land District 

Grantees 


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Osteen, Wiley 

_Ware 

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Underwood, W^neford 

Elbert 

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Duke, James _ 

-Morgan 

42 

Smith, Thomas _ 

_Walton 

3 

Combs, James _ 

-Wilkes 

43 

Holcomb, Henry G.—. 

..Newton 

4 

Funderburk, W. L.. 

_Monroe 

44 

Wright, C. W. C. 

Tasner 

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Mallory, John _ 

-Greene 

45 

Cradick, Rachel _ 

- 

_Ware 

6 

Philpot, John N. .... 

_Richmond 

46 

Palmer, James S. 

Oglethorpe 

7 

Akins, William _ 

_Pike 

47 

West, Thomas 

Chatham 

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Stokes, Mary _ 

_Laurens 

48 

Bake, John Ellis 

Baldwin 

9 

Haralson, A. _ 


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Callaway Uaac 

Greene 

10 

Wright, James _ . 

_Columbia 

50 

Crumbley, Thomas* _ 

...Habersham 

11 

Shirey, Elizabeth _ 

-Washington 

51 

House, William ... _ 

__Hall 

12 

Hill, AbnerJ _ 

_Jones 

52 

Holdridge, Aaronf _ 

_Upson 

13 

Healy, William _ 

Henry 

53 

Burnett, Samuel 

Glynn 

14 

Austin, Vienna _ 

_Gwinnett 

54 

Mallory, William _ 

_Greene 

1 5 

Comer, William M_ 

___ Jones 

55 

Hardy, Aaron 

Lincoln 

16 

March, George _ 

_Glynn 

56 

Merritt, Toren* . 

Elbert 

17 

Williams, Daniel .. 

_Pulaski 

57 

Dubose, Langston .. 

.Washington 

18 

Hagler, Abraham _ 

_Henry 

58 

Hall, William 

.Clarke 

19 

Black, John _ 

..Washington 

59 

Hendrick, Whitehead .. 

_ Elbert 

20 

Steward, W. & H_ 

..Washington 

60 

Walker, Daniel _ 

_Upson 

21 

Smith, William _ 

_Monroe 

61 

Harris, Samuel .. 

_Gwinnett 

22 

Tankersley, Carter _ 

_Newton 

62 

Elder, Joseph _ 

_Clarke 

23 

Eave, Paul F_ 

_Clarke 

63 

Gatlin, Mariah _ 

_Morgan 

24 

Henegan, Darby _ 

_Glynn 

64 

Raiford, Robert _ .... 

Richmond 

25 

Chappell, Allen _ 

_Monroe 

65 

Wadsworth, Hiram _ 

_Houston 

26 

Shepperson, Tincey _ 

_Burke 

66 

French, Frederick _ 

-Wilkinson 

27 

Pope, Henry 

_Clarke 

67 

Baker, Charlotte _ 

Habersham 

28 

Strong, William E... 

. Clarke 

68 

Wren, William _ 

_Jefferson 

29 

Veasey, Elijah ___ 

_Morgan 

69 

Wales, John H_ 

...Wilkinson 

30 

Snider, John _ 

_Warren 

70 

Johnson, Gid _ 

_Warren 

31 

Langley, James* _ 

___Pike 

71 

Arnold, Sarah _ 

. Oglethorpe 

32 

Cleaveland, Lit _ 

.Franklin 

72 

Brooks, Nathaniel _ 

_Warren 

33 

Williby, William* _ — 

_Clarke 

73 

Ternigan, Elias _ ... 

_Bibb 

34 

Nesbit, Samuel _ 

—Wilkinson 

74 

Simmons, John _ 

_Madison 

35 

McKenzie, Samuel* _ 

Monroe 

75 

Lay, David _ 

_Hall 

36 

Boyet, Elizabeth D_ 

_Houston 

76 

Binns, Christopher _ 

_Jasper 

37 

Mays, William _ 

_Warren 

77 

McCauley, William _ 

_Henry 

38 

Clements, Clement, Sr.. 

_Bibb 

78 

Forehand, Jeremiah _ 

_Pulaski 

39 

Ballard, Fred* _ 

....Effingham 

79 

Hines, John W_ 

_Putnam 

40 

Jordan, Lovick P._ 

....Jones 

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.Morgan 






















































































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Oliver, Nancy _ 

_Monroe 

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Vinson, Payton ... 

_Jones 

Johnston, Thomas ... 

__..Monroe 

131 

Anderson, Mary _ 

_Wilkes 

Duffee, Robert S_ 

_Monroe 

132 

Yarborough, N. B_ 

_Crawford 

Perry, Elizabeth _ 

_Walton 

133 

Tanner, John _ 

.....Liberty 

Garrard, Jacobf _ 

__Warren 

134 

Drake, Francis B.— 

..Washington 

Kemp, Thomasf .... 

_Baldwin 

135 

Watts, Williamf _ 

_Hancock 

Simms, David S... 

_Newton 

136 

Burks, William _ 

_Fayette 

Jones, Henry 

Hancock 

137 

Renfroe, M. & E_ 

_Crawford 

Mathews, John 

Warren 

138 

Miller, John _ 

_..Hancock 

Cobb, Jacobf _ 

_DeKalb 

139 

Hopson, Hardy _ 

_Warren 

Ruth, William _ 

_ 

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McCoy, Jane _ . 

...Richmond 

Lunsford, James _ 

..Twiggs 

141 

Holcombe, James _ 

_Gwinnett 

Hester, Stephen, Jr. 

_Effingham 

142 

Broadnax, W. ___ 

_Clarke 

Williams, Mark _ 

_Walton 

143 

Leonard, Josephf _ 

....Warren 

Huckaby, Sarah . 

..Hancock 

144 

Horn, John* _-.. 

_Monroe 

Greene, Furniford .. 

_Richmond 

145 

Pilcher, William .. 

_Warren 

Rollins, Calvin _ 

_Butts 

146 

Siddall, Stephen* _ 

...Franklin 

Archer, David _ 

Clarke 

147 

Bell, Eliza ___ 

_Burke 

Ellison, S. P_ 

..Putnam 

148 

Cozart, Anthony _ 

_Monroe 

King, Wineford _ 

_Baldwin 

149 

Brooks, AbijahJ . 

..Newton 

Tatom, Elizabeth .... 

_Wilkinson 

150 

Warnock, John _ 

... Burke 

Buggs, Archibald J. 


151 

Wingfield, Charles _ 

_...Wilkes 

Perritt, Rebecca .. 

Twiggs 

152 

Hamel, Victor 

Chatham 

Gray, Jonathan _ 

_Upson 

153 

Dye, Stephen .. 

_Hall 

Harvey, James .. 

-Twiggs 

154 

Sharp, James .. 

_Hancock 

Colly, Sarah _ 

....Wilkes 

155 

Harrison, Benjamin _ 

_Franklin 

Garrett, Charney .... 

_Camden 

156 

Wilkins, David __ 

...Oglethorpe 

Gray, Rebecca _ 

_ Jasper 

157 

Dunivant, Danielf 

Baker 

Reed, Bailey _ 

_Oglethorpe 

158 

Almond, William M_ 

_Elbert 

Hunt, George, Jr_ 

...Greene 

159 

Turner, Daniel _ 

.Washington 

McGinnis, John .. 

-Jackson 

160 

Hargrove, William _ 

_Newton 

Smith, Henry J_ 

_Richmond 

161 

Everitt, Aaron ... _ 

Bulloch 

Watson, Vinson _ 

_ Laurens 

162 

Gatlin, Churchill 

Greene 

Lyman, William C.,_ 

..Wilkes 

163 

Carrell, James W_ 

_Warren 

Cameron, John _ 

_Jackson 

164 

Watson, Jonathan _ 

.Washington 

Thorp, Benjamin A.. 

_Houston 

165 

Monroe, Jackson _ 

_Gwinnett 

Ponder, Alexander .. 

_Monroe 

166 

Crumley, Henry M_ 

..Habersham 

Turner, John ... 

_Burke 

167 

Cook, John* _ 

Elbert 

Brown, Fielding J,... 

-Burke 

168 

Blakely, Davidf —... 

.Baldwin 

Cones, John _ 

_Newton 

169 

Reeves, Ransom _ 

_Newton 

Smith, George ... 

_Richmond 

170 

Baugh, Jonathan 

Jack srvn 

Lockett, Solomon 51 ' 

_Warren 

171 

Coggins, Burrell _ 

_Morgan 

Whaley, Isaac _ 

-Jasper 

172 

Thompson, Robert M... 

-Houston 

Bridges, Joshua _ 

-----. -..Hall 

173 

McKown, James _ 

-Early 

Screven, James P. 

__Chatham 

174 

Chambliss, John 

Jonf * 

Blackman, Waitman 

-Monroe 

175 

Hall, Robert _ 

-Morgan 

Bayne, Charles H_ 

_Warren 

176 

Harvey, Franklin _ 

-Jasper 

Henry, George _ 

...Warren 

177 

Bledsoe, Godfrey _ 

-Hancock 

Powell, W.f _ 

___Jones 

178 

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Subdivision and Distribution 19 


McCrary, Asa -Warren 

Pennington, Thad. _Jasper 

Thornton, Birdony _Putnam 

McLendon, Susan _Washington 

Walker, Tarleton _*_Franklin 

Thomas, Richard _Pulaski 

McHenry, James -Oglethorpe 

Bellah, Samuel* _Morgan 

Smith, Martha _Gwinnett 

Johns, Robert* -Columbia 

Johnson, Wm. B-Taliaferro 

McGriff, Thomas _Pulaski 

Rights, William G-Morgan 

Raynolds, P. S.f-Monroe 

Malone, Henry W._Baldwin 

Castleberry, M., Sr._Hall 

Brown, Mary _ Greene 

Taylor, Jacob _Tattnall 

Dent, Nathaniel^ _Putnam 

Tanner, Thomas L._Gwinnett 

Davis, James ___Walton 

Hamilton, John* _Hall 

Daniel, Patience _Burke 

Jones, James _Hancock 

Brinson, Sabra ^_ Burke 

McVay, Margaret _Jackson 

Rooks, John* _Wayne 

Barton, John, Jr_Hall 

Pettigrew, Bennett ___Hall 

Glover, Wylie _Madison 

Futch, Rowan _Bulloch 

Jacobs, Seaborn _Monroe 

Sanders, Nellie___Putnam 

Hunter, David _ Jackson 

Thornton, William _Emanuel 

Cobb, Obedience D._Columbia 

Henderson, Joseph _Henry 

Lee, Lucinda H._Morgan 

L’Acee, John S._Hancock 


218 

Low, Ellis ___ 

__Greene 

219 

Howard, Pierce_ 

-Chatham 

220 

Dismuke, Elizabeth _ 

_Richmond 

221 

Langford, Nicholas ... 

_Putnam 

222 

Smith, Austin _ 

-Appling 

223 

Pegg, William _ 

_Fayette 

224 

Taylor, Richard C.*.._ 

_Morgan 

225 

Dowling, Dennis _ 

_Ware 

226 

Smith, William _ 

_Habersham 

227 

Boon, Jess* . _ 

_Greene 

228 

Wagnon, Daniel* _ 

_Greene 

229 

Coker, Robert _ 

_Walton 

230 

Yarbrough, Elizabeth . 

_Jackson 

231 

Rose, Michaelf _ 

_Chatham 

232 

Nation, Catherine _ 

_Gwinnett 

233 

Bearden, Amanda _ 

_Clarke 

234 

Dickson, Charity _ 

_Upson 

235 

Leigh, Isham _ 

_Liberty 

236 

Grier, Aaron W.f_ 

_Warren 

237 

Stuckey, Edmond _ 

_Richmond 

238 

Henry, Benjaminf_ 

_Hancock 

239 

Laurens, George _ 

_Decatur 

240 

Ennis, Mary A. Z_ 

_McIntosh 

241 

Williams, Minerva _ 

_Wilkinson 

242 

Bryan, John _ 

_Baldwin 

243 

Bennett, William _ 

_Gwinnett 

244 

Brady, Cullen L- 

_Warren 

245 

Jackson, William _ 

_Bibb 

246 

Craft, Davidf _ 

_Hall 

247 

Maddox, Posey _ 

_Gwinnett 

248 

Burks, John _ 

_Wilkes 

249 

Bledsoe, Pechy, Jr- 

_Morgan 

250 

Rollins, Nicholas_._ 

_Gwinnett 

251 

Hines, Elizabeth* _ 

_Laurens 

252 

Carter, Silas _ _ 

..Washington 

253 

Lamb, Sarah . „ _ 

-Twiggs 

254 

Ray, David .. 

_Greene 

255 

Sanders, Simeon _ 

_Morgan 

256 

Brooks, Larken _ 

_Walton 


Seventh Land District Grantees 


Bynum, James _Pulaski 

Steward, Ann Mary_Wilkinson 

Birdsong, Harrison _Oglethorpe 

Williams, Thomas J_Hancock 

Pickett, Betsy ___Baldwin 

Ewing, children _Newton 

Lancaster, Lewis _ Burke 


184 

Ogden, Dicy - 

-Appling 

185 

Raley, Henry* - 

_.Warren 

186 

Puryear, W. H- 

_Clarke 

187 

Tate, Simon _ 

.Habersham 

188 

Winkles, John _ 

_Walton 

189 

Wilson, Josephf __ 

_Putnam 

190 

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_Laurens 


































































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Moses, Isaac .. 

_Jones 

224 

Gilham, Ezekiel _ 

_Oglethorpe 

225 

Daniel, Isaac W- 

_Jasper 

226 

Boyd, James _ 

_ _Jackson 

227 

Marshall, William — 

_ ....Upson 

228 

Jarvis, George T.- 

_Monroe 

229 

Dudley, Edward _ 

_Putnam 

230 

Martin, Jeremiah „„ 

_Habersham 

231 

Thompson, Jeremiah 

_Monroe 

232 

Sheffield, John* _ 

_Bulloch 

233 

Jones, Hezekiah _ 

_Gwinnett 

234 

McRae, Neal _ 

...Montgomery 

235 

New, Jacob* _ 

_DeKalb 

236 

Hollon, Brinkley _ 

..... _Jones 

237 

Little, Joseph _ 

_Jackson 

238 

Pope, John C- 

_.Wilkes 

239 

Cooper, Thomas _ 

_.Wilkes 

240 

Blome, Cesaire _ 

_Richmond 

241 

Clark, James O- 

__Elbert 

242 

Dixon, Thomas _ 

_DeKalb 

243 

Carlisle, Thomas C.„ 

_Lincoln 

244 

Bugg, Obedience _ 

_Richmond 

245 

Jackson, Robert _ 

_ _Upson 

246 

Jones, William _ 

_Jefferson 

247 

Frizzle, Jane _ 

_Washington 

248 

Brooks, Alfred _ 

__Monroe 

249 

Williams, Solomon ... 

_Newton 

250 

Booth, Topley _ 

_Jones 

251 

Pearson, John C- 

_Clarke 

252 

Hartsfield, Mary _ 

_Henry 

253 

Lowell, John _ 

_Hall 

254 

McKinney, Kinch _ 

_ .Warren 

255 

Davidson, William 

_Wilkinson 

256 


Hunt, John --~-Henry 

Preslar, Peter, Sr.*--—Hall 


Robertson, Thomas _Habersham 

Johnson, M. and L._Wilkinson 

Mitchell, Josiah ---Warren 

Curry, John S-Greene 

Harrison, Reuben _Putnam 

Fincher, Benj., Sr_Henry 

Prince, William N-Habersham 

Farrington, William _Lincoln 

Boothe, James _Appling 

Shaw, Horace T_Monroe 

Peteet, Simeon_Wilkes 

McCorcle, Joseph M-Jasper 

Strickland, Alex. Rabun 

Mills, Sarah _Jones 

Jinks, David _Oglethorpe 

Smith, Matthew _Newton 

Neal, Johnf _Twiggs 

Magee, Joseph _Hancock 

Willard, Elijah _ Morgan 

Runnels, Wm., Jr_Jackson 

Watson, Jesse _Jones 

Green, Joseph H_Hancock 

Fain, John _Elbert 

Taunton, Newsom _Crawford 

Willis, Isaiah _Lincoln 

Cawsey, John _Jones 

O’Neal, Warren _Morgan 

Griggs, Robert ___Putnam 

Champion, Jamesf _Fayette 

Ward, Uriah _Putnam 

Mercer, Heymurick _Twiggs 


Eleventh Land District Grantees 


Thomas, Lewellen _ 

Whitaker, J. J_ 

_Jackson 


Steward, David _ 

_Wilkinson 

King, Lorenzo D_ 

__Jasper 

Howell, Richard, Sr... 

_Jefferson 

Garnet, Major _ 

...Columbia 

Whitaker, John _ 

_Franklin 

Johnson, Susannah _ 

_Warren 

Bachlott, Mary F_ 

_Camden 

Thomas, Josiah D_ 

_Laurens 

Hill, Berry _ 

- _Gwinnett 

Exum, Jamesf ... _ 

- .Wilkinson 

Mabry, Elias* _ 

_Columbia 


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Allen, Edward _ 

_Warren 

37f 

Wetherby, Benjamin _ 

...Crawford 

60f 

Moss, Milly .. _ 

-Clarke 

61 

Whitehead, John_ 

-Twiggs 

62 

Huskey, Washington ... 

_Warren 

63 

Wakeman, Mark H_ 

. .Chatham 

64 

Dolton, Claiborn _ 

. . .Jackson 

65 

Williams, William _ 

_ Upson 

66 

Murray, John _ 

-Burke 

67 

Wallace, Norman_ 

Chatham 

68 

Ector, Elenor* _ 

-Monroe 

69 

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-Pulaski 

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Baker, Bartlett _Pulaski 

Gordon, Larkin _....Jones 

Harrison, Marie E._Gwinnett 

Walston, Henry, Jr-Jackson 

Martin, Capt. James_DeKalb 

Wheeler, Henry _Madison 

Farley, Delina* ...._Jones 

Roberts, Sarah H-Chatham 

Rowe, Shadrack* ...Putnam 

Blow, John, Jr_Jones 

Whatley, Willis _Jasper 

Power, Francis _Monroe 

Welborn, Johnson _Hall 

Allred, Aaron _Gwinnett 

Shepherd, Abraham _Jasper 

Orr, Christopher _Wilkes 

Goolsby, Allen _Jasper 

Kirkland, Daniel _—Tattnall 

Linch, Samuel _Putnam 

Lawless, Jacob _Oglethorpe 

Reynolds, John _Oglethorpe 

Collier, Joseph _ Columbia 

Jarratt, Pattersonf -Bibb 

Hood, Benjamin _Washington 

Chastain, John _Habersham 

Lumpkin, Thomas -Madison 

Robinson, Claiborn —.Greene 


Distribution 21 


164 

Strickland, Willis _ 

...Madison 

165 

Burgamy, William* _ 

.Washington 

188 

Noles, Zachariah .. 

_Jefferson 

189 

Phipps, Milly ___ 

_Lincoln 

190 

Graddy, John ___ 

_Franklin 

191 

McMurray, John _ 

_Morgan 

192 

Pitman, Daniel ___ 

__Hall 

193 

Robison, Zachariah _ 

__Jones 

194 

McIntosh, Mary Ann... 

...Richmond 

195 

Weldon, Mary Ann_ 

-Jasper 

196 

Creswell, Thomas .- 

_Gwinnett 

197 

Lockwood, Eleazer _ 

_Morgan 

220 

Johnson, John _ 

-.Monroe 

221 

Pendarvis, James _ 

_Glynn 

222 

Freeman, John -.. 

-Jasper 

223 

Sauls, Frances _ 

-Twiggs 

224 

Roberson, children _ 

_Putnam 

225 

Lesueur, Harrison ._. 

_Monroe 

226 

West, Major _ 

_Baldwin 

227 

Hill, William _ 

_Houston 

228 

Whatley, Greenf _ 

..—Bibb 

229 

Rorie, John _ 

_Wilkes 

252 

Stockton, Joseph B- 

...Richmond 

253 

Torrance, Esther _ 

_Baldwin 

254 

White, Col. Steele _ 

_Chatham 

255 

Sorrow, Mary* _ 

..Oglethorpe 

256 

Greene, Fred. R..... 

_Chatham 


Twelfth Land District Grantees 


Harbin, Wiley _ 

.. Hall 

20 

Pendley, Thomas _ 

..Gwinnett 

Ralston, David _ 

_Habersham 

21 

Berryhill, John S. --- 

...Jefferson 

Taylor William 

Henry 

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Young, children - 

...Jefferson 


Morgan 

23 

Moore, Tilman _ 

_Monroe 

Ricketson, Benj.* — 

__Warren 

24 

Pritchett, John __ 

—Newton 


Jefferson 

25 

Watts, George _ 

_Monroe 

Nicklison, Duncan .. 

_Houston 

26 

Davis, William J.- 

—Baldwin 

Asbey, David _ 

__Jones 

27 

Gilbert, James ... 

_Henry 

Stewart, James Ivy... 

_Newton 

28 

Snelson, Wm., Sr.*- 

_Wilkes 

Dunn, John V.... 

_ Butts 

29 

Tredeway, Mary* .. 

_Monroe 

Waterer, John - 

-Twiggs 

30 

Veal, Waitus -- 

_Fayette 

Bridges, Rebecca* ... 

.Washington 

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Ayres, Francis* _ 

_Jackson 

Williford, Hardy .... 

. Warren 

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Perdue, George S.. 

.. Baldwin 

Munchew, Elisha — 

.. ....Gwinnett 

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Long, Drury - 

....Jasper 

Chapman, Debcrryf 

_Upson 

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Ingram, John B... 

_Putnam 

Shackleford, Martha 

C_Columbia 

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Williamson, Jas. G.f- 

..Gwinnett 

Kilgore, Williamf — 

.. Hancock 

36 

Harris, John* - 

_Hall 

Coward, William — 

_Tattnall 

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...Hancock 

Smith, James .. 

...Henry 

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...Crawford 

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Haney, John B., Jr.— 

_Gwinnett 

Powers, James G.f- 

_Warren 

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Patterson, Davidf —- 

.Clarke 

Meadows, Vincent _ 

_Greene 

90 

Mason, William! - 

....Putnam 

Rogers, Caneth C- 

.....Jones 

91 

Powell, Josias - 

_Habersham 

McCan, Martini _ 

_Jackson 

92 

Barnett, Calvin - 

....Hall 

Busby, Frederick - 

...Crawford 

93 

Justiss, William - 

_Taliaferro 

Harris, Camilla _ 

_Wilkes 

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Davis, Betsy ...- 

_Columbia 

Heard, Hilsman _ 

_DeKatb 

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Evans, William - 

_Wilkes 

Caldwell, Curtis, Sr- 

_Gwinnett 

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Scott, Robert -- 

_Chatham 

Harrison, Eli W- 

_Morgan 

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Brustor, Sheriff, Sr— 

_Walton 


Franklin 

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Mull, John _ 

....Habersham 



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Slewder, William .... 

_Rabun 

Allen, James __ 

_Warren 

100 

Hatcher, Josiah - . 

_Burke 

Cook, Rebecca _ 

..Richmond 

101 

Thompson, Leighton . 

___Bibb 

Mizelle Joseph 

Camden 

102 

Gilbert, Jemima - 

...Habersham 

Cohron, Cornelius’ 5 ' _ 

_Monroe 

103 

Garrett, Sarah* _ 

..DeKalb 

Miller, Susan .... 

_Scriven 

104 

Mitchell, Henry _ 

....DeKalb 

Powell, Benjamin* _ 

_Burke 

103 

Phillips, William - 

...Washington 

Baldwin, Williamf _ 

...Oglethorpe 

106 

Waver, Jacob ___ 

_Chatham 

Conelly, John G_ 

_Chatham 

107 

Cook, Daniel M.. 

_Hancock 

McNeely, Elenor _ 

.Jefferson 

108 

Wolf, Cary .. 

_DeKalb 

Smith, George _ 

_Rabun 

109 

McDaniel, Bartlett .... 

_Jefferson 

Hobson John \V S 

Jn p 

110 

Ellis, Mary _ 

...Putnam 

Sharp, James ___ 

_Jasper 

lllf 

Blount, Thomas _ 

_Hancock 

Esters, Booker .. 

__Jasper 

114| 

Watson, Nancy _ 

. .Warren 

Slade, John _ 

——'Thomas 

113 

Cotheere, Ponncy _ 

....Jefferson 

Harrell, John __ 

.Washington 

116 

Clark, John _ 

• ..Lincoln 

Hunton, John _ 

..Clarke 

117 

Penrlington, Leatha ... 

...Jasper 

Buvs, Tohn 

Jac.ksnn 

118 

Crawley, Ginnethon .. 

_^...Pike 

Morgan, Wilson .. 

Madison 

119 

Harris, Thomas W— 

_Henry 

Riley, William 

Morgan 

120 

Rousseau, Hiram . 

_Morgan 

Lucas, Samuel __ 

.Washington 

121 

Gibson, Sampson _ 

_Newton 

Rollins, Samuel _ 

.Gwinnett 

122 

Turner, James S_ 

....Jefferson 

Siller, Caroline 

Warren 

123 

Ray, Robert . 

_Greene 

Crumbley, James _ 

....Wilkinson 

124 

Massey, John __ 

_Oglethorpe 

Lawrence, Thomas _ 

_Madison 

123 

O’Connor, Patrick .... 

.Hall 

Stevens, Thomas C.f— 

_Walton 

126 

Bennett, Richard, Jr. 

-Appling 

Reeves, Asa __ 

Habersham 

127 

Cunningham, Thos.J 

___Greene 

Patton, Elijah _ 

Madison 

128 

Briner, William N_ 

_Hall 

Massingale, Dred, Jr_ 

_Rabun 

129 

Moffit, Jacob . 

_Crawford 

Grier, ElishaJ _ .. 

Putnam 

130 

Carley, Tonathan _ 

__Clarke 

Linsey, Richard _ .. 

Greene 

131 

Ross, F.lira 

_Richmond 

Stubbs, Gabriel __ 

Washington 

132 

Tarver, R. R_ 

__Pulaski 

Allen, Samuel _ 

Washington 

133 

Fullelnve, S. J. 

..Wilkes 

Hill, Ludowick M_ 

Wilkes 

134 

Strahorn, Noah 

Scriven 

Royal, Margaret A. E. 

_Burke 

133 

Stephens, Mary* _ 

_ __Bibb 

Wiggins, Joseph .... ... 

_Bibb 

136 

Griffin, Joseph ... 

.. Elbert 

Williams, Robert _ 

..Jasper 

137 

Hewston, James, Jr. .. 

_Morgan 

Harris, Joshua _ 

_Jones 

138 

Wheeler, Richard _ 

_Franklin 











































































Subdivision and 


139 Purguson, Beverly _Clarke 

140 Jackson, Ivy -Warren 

141 Massengale, Warren _Jones 

142f Brooks, Robert* _Crawford 

147f Cox, William _Jones 

148f Rice, Joel -Franklin 

149 Buchanan, John W_Jasper 

HO Johnson, Robert _Upson 

HI Usher, Abel .-...McIntosh 

132 Poe, William _Jones 

133 Grimes, Gabriel _Warren 

134 Hughes, Sarah . ..Newton 

133 Pate, Druryt . Warren 

136 Richardson, C. _Houston 

137 Bridewell, Henry L_Madison 

138 Edwards, Polly -Hancock 

139 Hall, Benjamin -Wilkinson 

160 Mabry, Gray* __ Morgan 

161 Hays, Martha _Twiggs 

162 Ragan, Brice, Sr.*_Wilkinson 

163 Palmer, Hasting _DeKalb 

164 Wellborn, Maryf _Wilkes 

163 Thompson, H. _Twiggs 

166 Carruthers, John W...Pulaski 

167 Sadler, James R_Elbert 

168 Comer, Ann* __Jones 

169 Glenn, Mitchell . Elbert 

170 Cowen, William J_Walton 

171 Hammett, Robert B_Oglethorpe 

172 Crawford, Edward M_Columbia 

173f Young, Philip -Chatham 

180J* Keath, George W..Jasper 

181 Hampton, William ..Wilkes 

182 Martin, James _DeKalb 

183 Dunn, William _Hancock 

184 Graves, John T_Wilkes 

183 McMullen, George _Jefferson 

186 Jones, D. Z.f-Jefferson 

187 Cox, John - Jefferson 

188 West, Thomas . —Chatham 

189 Holland, James _ —.Pulaski 

190 Hurt, Williamf _Effingham 

191 Davidson, John* _Jasper 

192 Cooksey, Hannah _Wilkes 

193 Cooper, Henry* _Putnam 

194 Caldwell, Adam S_Upson 

193 Osborne, James ___Jasper 

196 Cannon, Burwell .Hancock 

197 Cunningham, James _Jackson 


Distribution 

23 

198 

Horn, Moses .. 

Pulaski 

199 

Edmondson, Martha . 

...Jasper 

200 

Wilson, John ... 

_Putnam 

201 

Howard, Elizabeth* ... 

_Columbia 

202 

Beasley, Elijah .. 

- ....Emanuel 

203 

McLaughlin, Ed W.f 

..Wilkes 

204f 

Darby, William L... 

....Walton 

2131 

Philpot, David _ 

_Heard 

214* 

Wimberly, James _ 

— 

213 

Wimberly, Perry _ 

_Houston 

216 

Ingram, Council B_ 

_Burke 

217 

Nix, Washington _ 

-.Twiggs 

218 

McIntosh, J. H., Jr._ 

_Camden 

219 

Brown, Moses __ 

_Hancock 

220 

Adair, John B__ 

_Madison 

221 

Puryear, Peter _ 

.Clarke 

222 

Cox, Richard* _ 

...Habersham 

223 

Styrous, Jesse .. 

.4....Fayette 

224 

Sheppard, Frances .. 

..Washington 

223 

Hicks, Jane __ 

_Jasper 

226 

McAlister, M. H_ 

_Chatham 

227 

House, William G. 

..._Baldwin 

228 

Durham, Isabel* _ 

..Clarke 

229 

Jester, David __ 

_Newton 

230 

Runnels, James _ 

_Taliaferro 

231* 

Barker, William _ 

_Troup 

232* 

McCreight, Samuel _ 

_ 

233 

Pike, Jacob __ 

_Walton 

234 

Hasty, John ... 

_Jones 

233* 

Towns, George W. B. . 

....Talbot 

236* 

Towns, John _ 

_Troup 

237* 

Towns, John ... . 

_T roup 

238* 

Whitfield, James .. 

_Jasper 

239* 

Castles, Mark .. 

_Troup 

240* 

Swanson, S. W- 

....Troup 

241* 

Reese, Hugh _ 

_...Monroe 

242 

Brooks, Bevinf _ 

_Upson 

243 

Rollins, James W.—. 

_Telfair 

244 

Harvey, Betsy T.*_ 

_ Burke 

243 

Mobley, Edward .. 

_Liberty 

246 

Box, William B_ 

...Hall 

247 

Ellis, John ...._ 

_Henry 

248 

Sapp, Shadrack, Sr,*.... 

_Tattnall 

249 

McKay, Daniel _ 

_Jones 

230 

Johnson, Simon __ 

.....Wilkinson 

231 

Baty, Thomas, Jr_ 

_Gwinnett 

232* 

Geer, Levi .. 

_Troup 

233* 

Geer, Levi ..... 

..Troup 

2 34* 

Hodnett, James .. 

_Troup 























































































24 

255 

256 

257 

258 

259 

260 

261 

262 

263 * 

39 

51 

52 

62 

63 

64 

6 51 

661 

67f 

68 * 

69 

70 

71 

72 

73 

78f 

79f 

80f 

81f 

82 

83 

84 

85 

86 

87* 

88 * 

89* 

90 

91 

92 

93 

94 

95 

96 

97 

98 

99f 


History of Troup County 


Williams, R.* _ 

...Fayette 

264 

Looser, John C._ 

_Jasper 

265 

Mozeley, David M. 

_.Walton 

266 

Brown, Alex. M- 

_ Morgan 

267 

Garner, Stephen J... 

__Bibb 

268 

Robinson, James — 

_Tattnall 

269 : 

Henderson, Richard 

...Upson 

270 : 

Brown, Elizabeth ... 

.Wilkes 

271’ 

Harrist, Thomas M. 

_T roup 

272' 


Harrist, Thomas M-Troup 

Harrist, John -Troup 

Harrist, Thomas M-Troup 

Willowby, John _Warren 

Hester, Zachariah .- Jones 

Justiss, William _Troup 

Whitfield, Bryan _Troup 

Harrist, Thomas M..Troup 

Justiss, William -Troup 


Fourteenth Land District Grantees 


Lewis, James K._Baldwin 

Speakman, Mariah _Chatham 

Dozier, James F._Columbia 

Roberts, John _Columbia 

Strong, John _Clarke 

Johnson, Richard _Houston 

Griffin, Sarah _Burke 

Cunningham, Nancy _.Elbert 

Delauney, Thomas __ 

Delauney, Thomas __ 

Greene, Stephen C_Chatham 

Hardin, Johnf _Washington 

Cockerell, Thos., Sr.*_Newton 

Gray, John _Columbia 

Carden, Dicy ___Jasper 

Traylor, William H_Jasper 

Sterett, Ruth _Richmond 

Causey, Ezekiel, Sr._Jefferson 

Rigley, Allen _Monroe 

Williams, John _Hancock 

Dudley, Joseph _ .Walton 

Price, James B-Columbia 

Hunt, William H-Clarke 

McNair, Robert _Monroe 

DeLauney, Thomas __ 

Pool, Thomas _Troup 

Pool, Thomas ____Troup 

Chambers, Isaac _DeKalb 

Jones, Isaac _Greene 

Bond, William _ Elbert 

Trammell, Robert _Habersham 

Barrow, William _Jefferson 

Lauridge, John T_Franklin 

Webb, Ephraim . Emanuel 

Elard, James, Jr__...Habersham 

Harwell, Thomas G._ Hancock 

Smith, Ezekiel _ Laurens 


100 

Daniel, Henry . 

__Greene 

101 

Girtman, William _ 

_Houston 

102 

Hickle, John _ 

_Richmond 

103 

Tillman, Sarah .. 

....Bulloch 

104 

Lovitt, Lear __ 

-Twiggs 

105 

Stiles, Claiborn M. 

_Gwinnett 

106 

Wilder, Jamesf _ 

..Monroe 

107* 

Haynie, Warrenton .... 


108* 

McGhee, John W.. 

_Troup 

109* 

Chapman, Berry _ 

— 

111* 

Davis, Daniel ___ 


112* 

Wilder, James .. 

_Troup 

113* 

Wilder, James .. 

.-.Troup 

114 

Thurmond, Meredith 

_Jasper 

115 

Hambleton, John G—. 

..Montgomery 

116 

Myrick, Evans ...._ 

.._.Monroe 

117 

Bowling, Daniel .... ... 

.......Pike 

118 

Shipp, William _ 

_Pulaski 

119 

Scruggs, William _ 

..Scriven 

120 

Glasson, Jesse ... 

_Jones 

121 

Sample, William M_ 

--Jasper 

122 

Norris, James F—. 

_Walton 

123 

Alexander, Wm.f _ 

_Putnam 

124* 

Harrist, T. M_ 

.....Troup 

125* 

Richards, Thomas S._ 

_Troup 

126 

Johnson, Nicholasf .... 

_Jasper 

127 

Drake, Meredith _ 

_Madison 

128 

Clary, )ohn __ 

_Bryan 

129 

Moncrief, Austin _ 

_Lincoln 

130 

Price, William __ 

.Gwinnett 

131 

Crowley, Abraham .... 

_Oglethorpe 

132 

Clements, William ... 

-Fayette 

133 

Delberghe, John _ 

-Chatham 

134 

Corbin, Richard _ 

—Habersham 

135* 

Hearn, Charles W_ 


136* 

Hawthorne, John _ 

_Troup 

137* 

Flawthorne, John _ 

..Troup 


































































Subdivision and Distribution 

25 

138* 

Hawthorne, John _ 

—..Troup 

154 

Rion, Philip 

Jacksnn 

139 

Corbett, Grove .... 

-Washington 

155 

Burnap, John .. 

_Wilkes 

140 

Cooper, Arthurf . 

--Clarke 

156* 

Jones, Zachariah 

Greene 

141 

Whatley, Samuel _ 

_Wilkes 

157* 

Chivers, Henry T_ 

_Troup 

142 

Ballard, David G._ 

-Gwinnett 

158* 

Chivers, Henry T. 

_Troup 

143 

Newsom, Joshua _ 

- -.—Warren 

159 

Thomas, Hannah* .... 

_Gwinnett 

144 

Musgrove, S. G._ 

--Jefferson 

160 

Harper, Alex. T._ 

_Jasper 

143 

White, Williamf - 

..Telfair 

161 

Carnes, Ruth 

Rabun 

146* 

Jenkins, H. W_ 

_Trouo 

162 

Rice, Thomas 

Habersham 

147* 

Wilkes, Aaron _ 

_Troup 

163 

Lancaster, Mahala 

Rtirke 

148 

Chastain, Jeremiah 

_Habersham 

164* 

Chivers, Henry T_ 

__..Troup 

149 

Haswell, John 

_Bibb 

165* 

Chivers, Henry T..„ 

_Troup 

150 

Ware, Robert _ 

Wilkes 

166* 

T.ewis Nicholas 


131 

Heard, George _ .. _ 

DeKalb 

167* 

Lewis Nmhnlas 


132 

King, Mary _ 

.. . _Wilkinson 

168* 

Sterling, W. T. 

T rnup 

133 

Brown, Shelldrak - 

_Jasper 





Fifteenth Land District Grantees 


10| 

Haslet, John _ 

. ... DeKalb 

59 

Turner, John _ . 

Jasper 

11 

Watts, Henry _ 

. _ ..Fayette 

60 

Cooper, William 

Laurens 

12 

Branham, Benjamin 

_Wilkes 

61 

Dregors, Jonas, 3rd — 

— _Liberty 

13 

Bearden, John _ 

_Habersham 

62 

Flud, lane* _ 

Greene 

14 

Keaton, William _ 

_Washington 

63 

Camp, Hope H_ 

_Walton 

13 

Richards, Jediah ._ 

. _Greene 

64 

Holiday, John, Jr. . . 

Jones 

16 

Colley, Andersonf - 

..Oglethorpe 

65 

Perkins, Sarah 

_ _Laurens 

17 

Finney, Arthur _ 

. .Jones 

66 

Buse, Thomas _ _ 

... _Walton 

18 

Prince, Joseph _ 

_Jasper 

67 

McClain, Ephraim _ 

_Habersham 

19 

Thurmond, Nancy 

__Jackson 

68 

Dixon, John . . 

--Twiggs 

20 

Eels, Nathaniel_ 

--Twiggs 

69 

Wilson, Hugh* ... 

_Jefferson 

21 

Tazhery, Sarah _ 

_Pulaski 

70 

Holland, William _ 

... _Monroe 

22 

McDade, John, Jr_ 

_Richmond 

71 

Chesser, John _ 

_Tattnall 

23 

Sacrae, Thomas _ 

_Bibb 

72 

Manson, John W_ 

_Jefferson 

24 

Howell, Joseph _ 

Camden 

73 

Jordan, Dickson _ 

_ Gwinnett 

23 

Brooks, P. L. W_ 

Gwinnett 

74 

Pitts, Isaac _ 

_Jones 

26 

Moore, Martha _ 

_Gwinnett 

75 

Herring, James _ 

..Monroe 

27 

Hart, Napthali H... 

_Chatham 

76 

Holcomb, Ezekiel _ 

_Franklin 

28 

Robertson, John 

Putnam 

77 

Shadow, John ... 

_Madison 

29 

Jackson, Jeremiah .. 

_Greene 

78f 

Lott, Joel _ ... 

__Ware 

30 

Burrell, Jesse _ 

_Gwinnett 

99f 

Dickerson, William 

_Chatham 

31 

Smith, James W.*. 

__Fayette 

100 

Albritton, Eliz. _ 

...Washington 

32 

Banker, Edward . 

_Pulaski 

101 

Craft, David .... _ 

_Hall 

33 

Booth, William 

. _Monroe 

102 

Johnson, William _ 

_.Gwinnett 

34 

Williams, B. Z.*_ 

_Gwinnett 

103 

Lindsey, James* .... . 

_Hall 

3 31 

Rawls, Thomas 

Bulloch 

104 

Joyce, John .... _ 

...Tattnall 

3 31 

Lee, Ransom L. G.. 

_Washington 

105 

Turner, Elender _ 

..Jasper 

36 

Hunton, James — 

___Walton 

106 

Jones, Andrew B._ 

_Wilkes 

S7 

\f^righr Samuel 

Glynn 

107 

Barnhart, Johnf ... .. 

.Hancock 

58 

Lequeux, Peter —. 

..Burke 

108 

Edwards, Peter ....,_ 

.. ..Hall 
































































26 

History of 

Troup C 

109 

Bell, Francis _ 

_Jackson 

147 

110 

Bacon, Henry W.. 

_Liberty 

148 

111 

Yarborough, Joseph .. 

_Jackson 

149 

112 

Chappie, John* _ 

..Monroe 

150* 

113 

Williamson, W. C-t— 

_Crawford 

151* 

114 

Thurmond, Meredith 

_Jasper 

152* 

115 

Wisdom, Jesse . 

_Newton 

153* 

116 

Loflin, James S._ 

_Lincoln 

154* 

117 

Boykin, Francis _ 

-Jasper 

155* 

118 

McClainy, S. and C.. 

...Burke 

156* 

119 

Cooper, William - 

_Baldwin 

157* 

120 

Mauden, AndrewJ_ 

— 

N-» 

00 

* 

12 If 

McDaniel, James . 

...Hancock 

159* 

144f 

Dupree, Orrin H- 

-Twiggs 

160* 

145 

Anderson, Amos . 

_Telfair 

1611 

146 

Crutchfield, F. P- 

_Hancock 



Sixteenth Land Distri< 

1* 

Lassiter, John .. 

_1834 

31* 

2* 

Lassiter, John_ 

_1836 

32 

3 

Ficklen, F. F__ 

_Wilkes 

33 

4 

Brown, Francis J._ 

_Morgan 

34* 

5 

Gainer, Sarah _ 

...W ashington 

35* 

6 

Harris, William _ 

....Baldwin 

36* 

7 

Livingstone, John _ 

_Laurens 

37 

8* 

Terry, John _ 

_1841 

38* 

9* 

Thomas, Philip_ 

_1833 

39* 

10 

Riley, orphans .. 

.. Bibb 

40* 

11 

Dodson, Daniel _ 

-Jasper 

41* 

12 

Miller, John_ 

_Hall 

42* 

13 

Rousseau, ThomasJ _ 

-Jasper 

43* 

14* 

Estes, Zachariah _ 

_1833 

44* 

15* 

Haralson, John B. _ 

_1836 

45* 

16* 

Pless, Augustus _ 

_1834 

46* 

17 

Johnson, Cornelius_ 

_Wayne 

47* 

18 

Daughtry, Berrien . 

_Emanuel 

48* 

19 

Shepherd, Joseph _ 

_Wilkes 

49* 

20* 

Cofield, Willis _ 

____1836 

50* 

21* 

Glover, John E._„. 

_1848 

51* 

22 

Miles, Jane _ 

..Baldwin 

52* 

23 

Kennedy, Robert_ 

_DeKalb 

53* 

24 

Palmore, Elisha _ 

__Pike 

54* 

25* 

Haralson, John B_ 

___1836 

55* 

26* 

Scott, Thomas . 

_1832 

56* 

27* 

Scott, Thomas .. 

.....1848 

57* 

28 

Moon, William H._ 

..Elbert 

58* 

29 

Milton, John _ 

_Jefferson 

59* 

30* 

Jacobs, Mordecai _ 

_1832 



Miles, Thomas _ Laurens 

Cherry, orphans _Wilkinson 

Huff, Hawkins _Richmond 

Nelson, William __*- 

Nelson, William __ 

Amos, Elijah M_Crawford 

Peeples, Rufus D.__ 

Bonner, William _Troup 

Nelson, William __ 

Nelson, William __ 

Nelson, William __ 

Pitts, William __ 

Pitts, William __ 

Kimberly & Chisholm_Troup 

Malone, Spencer_Troup 


Jacobs, Mordecai _1832 

Williams, Levicy _Habersham 

Jones, Josiah _Putnam 

Harper, John ___1833 

Harper, John _183 5 

Bailey, Samuel A._Troup 

Trammell, Robert _Oglethorpe 

Chivers, Joel M..Troup 

McCune, William _Jasper 

Bailey, Samuel A__Troup 

Bailey, Samuel A.Troup 

Ferrell, Blount C......_Troup 

Ferrell, Blount C..Troup 

Ferrell, Blount C.___Troup 

Ferrell, Mickleberry _Troup 

Ferrell, M__Troup 

Ferrell, M__Troup 

Ferrell, M. -Troup 

Potts, Moses .... -Troup 

Potts, Moses _Troup 

Bartee, Abraham M._1834 

Jones, William M._1834 

Lucas, B. G. G. A__ 1848 

Neel, Davis .*_1848 

Neel, Davis . 1838 

Neel, Davis _1838 

Burnham, Hickerson _1834 

Burnham, Hickerson _1834 

Webb, John C..1838 


In the Sixteenth District, where the county from which the grantee came was not known, 
the year of the grant is given. 



























































CHAPTER IV. BOUNDARIES 


/" [11 HE ACT of the General Assembly of Georgia to organize the ter- 
111 ritory lately acquired from the Creek Nation was signed by the 
governor on the 11th day of December, 1826. The territory was that 
between the Flint (Thronateeska) River and the Chattahoochee River, and 
extended from the old north line of Early County to the north line of 
Coweta County. The engineers divided the whole area into sections, which 
were three land districts or twenty-seven miles from north to south; the 
sections were numbered from south to north: 

Section 1. The southernmost, designated as Lee County. 

Section 2. North of Lee County, designated Muscogee County. 

Section 3. North of Muscogee County, designated Troup County. 

Section 4. The northernmost, designated Coweta County. 

Section 5. West of Chattahoochee River, designated Carroll County. 

Original County. From the above division it will be seen that the 
original Troup County was composed of twelve land districts, which were 
numbered from the southeast corner of the county on the Flint River: 


First District_ 156 land lots Manchester on the western edge. 

Second _ 272 Warm Springs near the center. 

Third _ 289 Durand and Chipley. 

Fourth _:_ 272 Salem and Pleasant Grove. 

Fifth _ 331 West Point to Pyne. 

Sixth _1_ 256 LaGrange. 

Seventh _ 2 56 Mountville and Stovall. 

Eighth _ 256 Greenville. 

Ninth___ 256 Woodbury and Oakland. 

Tenth_ 256 Luthersville. 

Eleventh_ 256 Hogansville and Lone Oak. 

Twelfth _ 290 Harrisonville and Ware Crossroad. 


Original County_3146 land lots and fractions. 

Fourteenth _ 168 Liberty Hill and Houston. 

Fifteenth _ 192 Antioch and Glenn. 

Sixteenth . 59 West Point and Abbottsford. 


3 565 land lots. 

The last three districts were transferred from Carroll County in 1827. 



















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«, FLINT RIVERS 

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30 


History of Troup County 


Boundary Changes. The first change in the bounds of Troup County 
was made on December 24, 1827, at which time parts of the county were 
transferred to Harris, Talbot and Meriwether counties; and the three dis¬ 
tricts of Carroll County west of the Chattahoochee River on southern end 
of the county were transferred to Troup: 14th, 15th and 16th. 

The county of Heard was created on December 22, 1830, and a portion 
of Troup County in the general shape of a triangle was transferred to 
Heard County, leaving only four and one-half miles of the original county 
boundary on the north side, and adjacent to Coweta County. 

The following minor changes of addition and subtraction were made as 
indicated below: 

February 17, 1854, the north half of land lot 108 of the 5th dis¬ 
trict transferred to Troup. 

March 1, 1856, land lot 73 of 14th district, partly in Heard, 
transferred as a whole to Troup. 

March 4, 1856, land lots 62, 63, 64, 51, 52, and 39 of 14th dis¬ 
trict transferred to Troup. 

February 20, 1877, land lots 37 and 60 of 11th district, the parts 
north of Yellow Jacket Creek, transferred to Coweta. 

Present Boundary. Noting the indentations of the land lot transfers 
in the preceding paragraph, the boundary lines of Troup County are as 
follows: Commencing on the Alabama line at the northwest corner of 
land lot 160 of 15th district, the boundary is a straight line to the south¬ 
east corner of land lot 48 of 14th district on the bank of the Chattahoochee 
River; thence up the river to the mouth of Potato Creek on the east side 
of the river in land lot 213 of 12th district; thence in a straight line to 
the northeast corner of land lot 49 of 12th district (southeast corner of 
land lot 120 of 3rd district of Coweta County); thence east to northeast 
corner of land lot 5 of 11th district; thence south on the land lot lines 
to southeast corner of land lot 96 of 3rd district (there is an eastward off¬ 
set on the line between the 7th and the 3rd districts of about 600 feet); 
thence westward on land lot lines to the Chattahoochee River at West Point; 
thence northerly on the Alabama line to the point of beginning in the 15 th 
district. 

Present Districts. The above-mentioned changes in the boundaries 
of Troup County left in the present county the following land districts 
and land lots; the fractions in the 3rd and the 4th districts were due to 
errors of the engineers and are rectangular in shape; the other fractions 
are due to the curvature of the Chattahoochee River and the oblique direc¬ 
tion of the Alabama line: 


Boundaries 


31 


Districts 

Whole Lots 

Fractions 

Total 

Third _ 

_ 66 

18 

84 

Fourth _ 

_ 176 

16 

192 

Fifth .. 

- 254 

35 

289 

Sixth_ 

_ _ 256 

0 

256 

Seventh _ 


0 

80 

Eleventh ... 

7« 

2 

80 

Twelfth _ 

_ 218 

34 

252 

Fourteenth 

_ 80 

35 

115 

Fifteenth _ 

____ 72 

19 

91 

Sixteenth _ 

- 20 

39 

59 

Total .. 

_1300 

198 

1498 


Militia Districts. In the original plan of military organization of Geor¬ 
gia in operation when Troup County was created, the counties were divided 
into militia districts, each of which was required to have two hundred or 
more men capable of bearing arms and to have a militia muster at least 
annually for military training. Many of them mustered quarterly for such 
drills. New districts were permitted only when the population of districts 
increased to such an extent that the formation of the new districts would 
not deplete the old districts below the minimum of two hundred. The 
formation of new districts was granted from the office of the secretary of 
state of Georgia, and they were numbered by that office in the order of 
creation throughout the state. Hence the smaller numbers are the oldest 
districts. The first three were formed in 1826 or 1827. The following 
are the present districts, the boundaries of which may be seen on the accom¬ 
panying map of the districts, Georgia Militia Districts, (usually abbreviated 
G. M. D.) with the names and numbers. 


655 

LaGrange. 

656 

East Vernon. 

673 

Harrisonville. 

697 

Rough Edge, formerly Pleasant Hill. 

698 

Mountville. 

699 

O’Neal’s Mill. 

700 

Hogansville. 

701 

West Point. 

735 

West Vernon. 

800 

Antioch. 

804 

Long Cane. 

805 

McLendon’s. 

1086 

Pool’s Mill, created May, 1853. 

1689 

Salem, created April, 1910. 
















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TROUP COUNTY MILITIA DISTRICTS 

land oistr.ct lines _ SHOWING NUMBERS OF BORDER LAND LOTS 


scale 

0 1 2 3 4 4 

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The names of these districts are suggested by the muster locality in all 
the districts but that of Rough Edge. The original name of this district 
was Pleasant Hill. In this district the momentous question of building 
the little courtroom, a small building about sixteen by twenty feet in • 
dimensions, and the cost of lumber wherewith to build, were serious political 
questions. After the decision to build was reached, it was decided to sub¬ 
mit to the voters the difference in cost of building the house with “Square 
Edge” or “Rough Edge” lumber. The election was ordered and “Rough 
Edge” carried a majority of the votes, and gave the new name of Rough 
Edge to the old Pleasant Hill district. 

School Districts. The school districts of Troup County as adopted 
by the Troup County Board of Education on December 19, 1930, are shown 
on the accompanying school district map. There are eleven school districts 
in the county in addition to the city systems of Hogansville, LaGrange and 
West Point, which are independent of the county system. 

The names and general location of these districts and the independent 
systems are listed below: 

Abbottsford, west of Chattahoochee River. 

Antioch, most of the fourteenth and fifteenth districts. 

Center, school located on highway number fourteen. 

Gray Hill, school on road from West Point to Hardin Crossroad. 

Hillcrest, school on highway number one towards Franklin. 

Hogansville, territory adjacent but not in Hogansville. 

Mountville, adjacent territory including the town. 

Oak Grove, southeastern corner of the county. 

Rosemont, Pleasant Grove and Big Springs. 

Salem, the southern part of county. 

Tatum, territory due west of LaGrange. 

City of Hogansville. 

City of LaGrange. 

City of West Point. 

School District Boundaries 

Abbottsford. Commencing at the northwest corner of land lot 151 
in the 15 th district on the Alabama state line, thence east on land lot lines 
to the east bank of the Chattahoochee River; thence southerly on the east 
bank of the river to the south line of land lot 56 in the 16th district; 
thence west to the Alabama line; thence northward on the Alabama line to 
the point of beginning. 


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TROUP COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTS 


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I 931 


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35 


Antioch. Commencing at the northwest corner of land lot 160 in the 
15 th district on the Alabama state line, thence easterly on the Heard 
County line to the west bank of the Chattahoochee River; thence southerly 
on the west bank of the river to the southeast corner of land lot 147 in 
the 14th district; thence west on land lot lines to the southwest corner 
of land lot 150 in the 15th district on the Alabama line; thence northerly 
on the Alabama state line to the point of beginning. 

Center. All portions of this district are in the 5th district: commenc¬ 
ing at the northwest corner of land lot 25 5 on the east bank of the Chat¬ 
tahoochee River; thence east and south to the southeast corner of the said 
land lot 25 5; thence east to northeast corner of land lot 8 on the 5th dis¬ 
trict line; thence south on the district line to Blue John creek in land lot 
3; thence down Blue John creek to Long Cane creek and down Long Cane 
creek to south line of land lot 238; thence west on land lot lines to the 
east bank of the Chattahoochee River; thence northerly up the east bank 
of the river to the point of beginning. 

Gray Hill. Commencing at the northwest corner of land lot 144 in 
the 6th district, thence east to the city limits of LaGrange; thence easterly 
on the city limits to the north line of land lot 171 in the 6th district; 
thence east to the northeast corner of land lot 170 in the 6th district; 
thence south on land lot lines to Long Cane creek; thence southerly down 
said creek to the east line of land lot 236 in the 6th district; thence south 
on the land lot lines to the southeast corner of land lot 184 in the 4th 
district; thence east to the northeast corner of land lot 149 in the 4th 
district; thence south on land lot lines to Flat Shoals creek; thence southerly 
down Flat Shoals creek to Harris County line; thence west on the county 
line to city limits of West Point; thence northerly on the city limits to 
south line of Center School district; thence east and northerly on Center 
School district lines to the point of beginning. 

Hillcrest. Commencing at the northwest corner of land lot 236 in 
the 12th district on the east bank of the Chattahoochee River, thence up 
the river to the Heard County line; then easterly on the Heard County line 
to the east line of land lot 80 in the 12th district; thence south on the 
land lot lines to Beech creek; thence westerly down said creek to the east 
line of land lot 7 in the sixth district; thence south to the southeast corner 
of land lot 58 in the 6th district.; thence west to the city limits of LaGrange; 
thence westerly on the city limits to the south line of land lot 80 in the 
6th district; thence west on the south lines of land lots 80 in the 6th dis¬ 
trict and 12 in the 5 th district to the southwest corner of land lot 12; 
thence to northwest corner of land lot 12; thence west to the southwest 
corner of land lot 77 in the 5th district; thence to northwest corner of land 


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History of Troup County 


lot 77; thence west to Yellow Jacket creek and westerly down the creek 
to the Chattahoochee River; thence northerly up the Chattahoochee River 
to the point of beginning. 

Hogansville. Commencing on the west line of land lot 49 in the 12th 
district, thence easterly on the county line to northeast corner of the 
county; thence southerly on the Coweta and Meriwether county lines to 
Beech creek; thence westerly down said creek to east line of Hillcrest School 
district; thence north on land lot lines to the point of beginning. 

Mountville. Commencing on the west line of land lot 6 in the 6th 
district on Beech creek, thence easterly up said creek to the Meriwether 
County line; thence south on the county line to the southeast corner of 
land lot 187 of 7th district; thence west to southwest corner of land lot 
230 of 7th district; thence north to southeast corner of land lot 249; thence 
west and north to the northwest corner of land lot 249; thence west on 
land lot lines to Long Cane creek and westerly down said creek to the east 
line of land lot 133 in the 6th district; thence south on land lot lines to 
a branch on the east line of land lot 188 in the 6th district; thence westerly 
down said branch and Long Cane creek to the west line of land lot 184 in 
the 6th district; thence north to southeast corner of land lot 151 in the 
6th district; thence west to the city limits of LaGrange; thence northerly 
on the city limits to the north line of land lot 74 in the 6th district; thence 
east to the northeast corner of land lot 71 in the 6th district; thence north 
on land lot lines to the point of beginning. 

Oak Grove. Commencing at junction of Flat Shoals and Polecat creeks, 
in land lot 91 in the 4th district, thence easterly up Flat Shoals creek to 
Sulphur creek and up Sulphur creek to the Meriwether County line; thence 
south to southeast corner of Troup County; thence west to Turkey creek; 
thence westerly down Turkey creek to west line of land lot 136 in the 
3rd district; thence north to Polecat creek; thence westerly down the said 
Polecat creek to the point of beginning. 

Rosemont. Commencing on Long Cane creek on the west line of land 
lot 184 in the 6th district, thence easterly up the creek and the south side 
of the Mountville school district to the Meriwether County line; thence 
south on the county line to Sulphur creek; thence westerly down Sulphur 
and Flat Shoals creeks to west line of land lot 126 in the 4th district; 
thence northerly on Gray Hill lines to the point of beginning. 

Salem. Commencing on Harris County line on the south line of land 
lot 54 in the 5th district on Flat Shoals creek; thence northerly, easterly, 
following the bounds of Gray Hill, Rosemont, and Oak Grove back to the 
Harris County line; thence west on county line to point of beginning. 


Boundaries 


37 


Tatum. Commencing at the confluence of Yellow Jacket creek and 
the Chattahoochee River, thence eastward on the Hillcrest district lines to 
the city limits of LaGrange; thence southward on the city limits to the 
Gray Hill district lines; thence westward on the Gray Hill and the Center 
district lines to the Chattahoochee River; thence northward up the river to 
the point of beginning. 

City of Hogansville. Measuring from the central point of the rail¬ 
road right of way and the middle point of Main Street, a distance of three- 
fourths of a mile in an east, a south and a west direction, and seven-tenths 
of a mile in a north direction, the limits are in the form of a rectangle of 
1.50 miles from east to west, and 1.45 miles from north to south. The 
city is located partly in the 11th and partly in the 12 th land districts. 

City of LaGrange. The city limits of LaGrange are circular in form 
with some small projections beyond the circle in land lot 146. It is entirely 
within the 6th land district. The radius of the circle is two miles in length, 
and the center is the central point of Court Square, which is 665 feet from 
the south side and 865 from the east side of land lot 109 in the 6th district. 

City of West Point. The bounds of the city of West Point are land 
lot lines except in the northeast corner of the city. The following land 
lots and fractions are east of the Chattahoochee River: 283, 284, all of 28 5 
except the northeast quarter, 316, 317 and 318, all of which are in the 
5 th district. On the west side of the river, the fractional land lots 57, 
58, and 59 in the 16th district of former Carroll County. 


CHAPTER V. ORGANIZATION 


/TflpHE FIRST step in the organization of the territory acquired from 
111 the Creek Nation was the creation of counties from the area lying 
between the Flint and the Chattahoochee rivers, and west of the Chatta¬ 
hoochee, and the following is quoted from the Act of the General Assembly 
of Georgia: 

"That all that part of said territory lying between said rivers, and known 
as the Third Section, shall form one county to be called 'Troup 5 .... 

"That on the first Monday in May next (1827), the persons who may 
be in said counties may meet together and under the superintendence of 
three freeholders (realty owners), elect the following officers: five Justices 
of the Inferior Court, Clerk of Superior and Inferior Court, Sheriff, Tax 
Collector, Tax Receiver, Coroner, and County Surveyor .... 

"That the place of election in the county of Troup shall be at the house 
of Joseph Weaver. 55 (Excerpts from the Act of December 11, 1826.) 

The results of this election as far as could be learned from the records 
are as follows: 

Justices of Inferior Court: Arthur Herring, Levi H. Hussey, Charles 
L. Kennon, Whitfield H. Sledge and James Taylor. 

Clerk of Superior Court: Charles S. H. Goss. 

Clerk of Inferior Court: John S. Adams. 

Sheriff: Willis Whatley. 

County Surveyor: Samuel Reid. 

The officers were for the whole original county eastward to the Flint 
River before any changes in the bounds were made. No record could be 
found of the election of Tax Collector, Tax Receiver, nor Coroner. 

The five new counties, including Troup, were so large that the General 
Assembly on December 24, 1827, divided them and made new counties, 
adding the three land districts of Carroll County west of the Chattahoochee 
(14th, 15th, and 16th) to Troup, forming Meriwether of the east, and 
contributing a small part of the southern districts of Troup to Harris and 
Talbot. This necessitated a reorganization of Troup County, because some 
of the elected officers were no longer citizens of the smaller Troup County. 

Reorganization. The reorganization of the county with its new bounds 
was effected by the General Assembly on December 24, 1827. It was 
enacted that an election for the county officers be held on the first Monday 
of February, 1828, at the house of Nicholas Johnson. The plans of organ¬ 
ization were enacted in more detail than in the Act of December 11, 1826. 

The Justices of the Inferior Court, who functioned as court of the ordi¬ 
nary, and as county commissioners, as well as in their judicial duties, were 


Organization 


39 


authorized to purchase a land lot for a county town and to reserve two 
plats of one acre each for academies and four lots of one acre each for 
religious purposes, and it was enacted that the Inferior Court execute titles 
to each of the religious denominations for one of the lots thus reserved. 
They were also instructed to proceed to select Grand and Petit juries agree¬ 
able to the law in force. 

Militia Districts. The Justices were instructed that as soon as prac¬ 
ticable to lay off the county into captains districts, or militia districts, and 
to advertise, giving fifteen days notice, and one or more of them attend, 
the election of two Justices of the Peace in each district. The Justices of 
the Peace so elected shall advertise the election of the militia subaltern 
officers, and the captains so elected shall as soon as practicable make a roster 
of persons liable to militia duty, and return the same to the Inferior Court. 

County Town. The selection of a location for the county town, or 
county seat, was the most difficult task allotted to the Inferior Court, 
due to the keen rivalry between two communities of the new county, one 
faction espousing the cause of the unborn city of Vernon on the banks of 
the Chattahoochee, which had been laid off as a city in anticipation of 
the favorable action of the court, and in which many lots were sold; the 
other faction a more eastern situation further removed from Indian moles¬ 
tation, about half way between the present LaGrange and Mountville. The 
final selection was a compromise and the county town was located about 
half way between the two factional sites, and thus expired the city of 
Vernon, whose name is kept alive by the two militia districts of East and 
West Vernon; so the county town was located in land lot 109 of the Sixth 
district and was named LaGrange, and had as original bounds the following: 
north line, Bacon Street, north of Hillview cemetery; east line, 200 feet 
east of Morgan Street; south line, the south side of Broome Street; west 
line, the eastern bounds of McLendon property, about one hundred yards 
west of Gordon Street. The further transactions of the Inferior Court in 
reference to LaGrange will be treated under the chapter of towns and cities. 

Inferior Court. The functions of the Inferior Court as ordinary were 
replaced in 18 52 by the election of an Ordinary. The judicial functions 
were delegated to the various justices of the peace in 1872. Their remain¬ 
ing function as county commissioners was abolished in 1876, on the 28 th 
of February, when the Board of County Commissioners was created, and 
their election by the grand jury enacted. The roster of the Judges of the 
Inferior Court will be found in the chapter on Courts. 

Justices of the Peace. The original design of these officers was to pro¬ 
vide a tribunal, which had the powers of a grand jury in determining the 
culpability of an alleged criminal, and of ordering the arrest, or discharge 


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any person arrested on warrants sworn out by citizens after hearing the evi¬ 
dence; thus, they had the power of preventing the unjust incarceration of 
innocent persons to await a regular session of court. 

Their powers and functions have been changed from time to time, but 
they have always had jurisdiction over disputes about petty accounts of 
small sums, garnishments, and peace warrants. The decisions of the justice 
of the peace court, whether made by the justice or by the jury of five, were 
subject to appeal to a higher court, the loser to pay all costs of such appeal. 

The income of the office is dependent on fees, and the patronage is largely 
governed by the confidence of the public in the integrity of the officer. 
During the reconstruction period of our history after the Civil War, the 
income became practically nothing, in consequence of the powers conferred 
on notaries public, who were ex-officio justices of the peace. Further dis¬ 
cussion of these justices will be made in the chapter on the Courts of Troup 
County. 

It has been found that it is impossible to give a complete roster of these 
officers, because the lack of records forbids. 

Notaries Public. A notary public is an officer commissioned now by 
our Superior Courts, who attests the authenticity of documents and signa¬ 
tures. During the reconstruction period following the Civil War, the Gen¬ 
eral Assembly of Georgia conferred on grand juries the power of election 
of certain notaries public as ex-officio justices of the peace, since the justices 
were elected by the people, and since so many citizens were disenfranchised 
by the Federal government, it was feared that incapable and unscrupulous 
officers would be elected by the newly enfranchised negro voters; so this pro¬ 
vision was made for a judiciary to settle minor disputes without recourse to 
the harsher rulings of military court. 

City and County Courts. There were numerous experiments in the 
courts of the county with changes in jurisdiction and procedure from 
county court to city court. The abolishment of all courts except that of 
the justices of the peace. Then again the establishment of the present City 
Court of Troup County. These will be treated in the chapter on Courts of 
Troup County. 


CHAPTER VI. TROUP COUNTY COURTS 


UPREME COURT. The Supreme Court of Georgia was created by the 
General Assembly of Georgia in the session of 1845, under which act 
the state was divided into five judicial circuits. The district in which our 
courts and their decisions were reviewed was the Third District, and contin¬ 
ued in that district, until the ambulatory character of the court was abol¬ 
ished in 1868. 

Superior Court. The Superior Court of Troup County, the tribunal 
which had the highest jurisdiction in the county, including the trial of every 
form of civil and criminal wrongdoing, the review of appeals from the in¬ 
ferior courts, and the control of all county activities, was shifted from cir¬ 
cuit to circuit in the arrangement of the gradually increasing business. The 
original number of circuits was eleven, and the present number is thirty- 
three. 


1826-32 

Chattahoochee Circuit 

1869-74 

Tallapoosa Circuit 

1833-69 

Coweta Circuit 

1875- 

Coweta Circuit, a change of 
name only 

Judges of 

Superior Court. 

The following 

is the roster of the judges 

the Superior Court in the circuits named above, and includes many names 
ell known in Georgia legal lore: 

1826-32 

Walter T. Colquitt 

1871-72 

William F. Wright 

1833-40 

Hiram Warner 

1872-80 

Hugh Buchanan 

1841-44 

William Ezzard 

1881-82 

Francis M. Longley 

1845-53 

Edward Young Hill 

1882-03 

Sampson W. Harris 

1854-55 

Obediah Warner 

1903-04 

Thomas A. Atkinson 

1855-61 

Orville A. Bull 

1904-16 

Robert W. Freeman 

1864-65 

Benjamin H. Bigham 

1917-20 

J. Render Terrell 

1866-67 

Hiram Warner 

1921-30 

Charles E. Roop 

1868- 69 

1869- 71 

John Collier 

John S. Bigby 

1931- 

Lee B. 'Wyatt 


In the above roster the names of Edward Young Hill, Orville A. Bull, 
Benjamin H. Bigham, Francis M. Longley, Thomas A. Atkinson, and Lee B. 
Wyatt, indicated by italic type, are or were citizens of Troup. 

Solicitors General. The roster of Solicitors General of the Superior 
Court of Troup County contains many names of brilliant legal lights. 
Those who lived in Troup County are indicated by italic type: 


1826-29 

Samuel A. Bailey 

1839-42 

Noel B. Knight 

1829-32 

John W. Hooper 

1842-44 

Kinchen L. Haralson 

1832-33 

James P. H. Campbell 

1845-46 

Augustus C. Ferrell 

1833-36 

Young Y. Long 

1847-48 

Dennis F. Hammond 

1836-39 

George D. Anderson 

1849-52 

Mial M. Tidwell 


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1 85 3-5 5 Logan E. Bleckley 
1856-60 Herbert Fielder 
1861-63 M. Kendrick 

1864- 65 Joseph A. Glanche 

1865- 66 C. T. Forsyth 
1867-68 John S. Bigby 
1869-71 William A. Adams 
1872-73 Albert H. Cox 


1874-76 Thomas W. Latham 
1877-82 Sampson W. Harris 
1882-90 Harry M. Reid 
1891-03 Thomas A. Atkinson 
1903-16 J. Render Terrell 
1917-20 Charles E. Roop 
1921-— William Y. Atkinson 


Clerks of Superior Court. The clerk is strictly speaking a county 
officer, being the recording officer of the courts, and also of the county 
records of deeds, mortgages, and charters. The roster follows: 


1827-3 5 N. Johnson 
183 5-42 Robert F. McGehee 
1842-48 Moses Lee 
1848-50 H. B. Williams 
1850-62 William M. Latimer 
1862-66 John F. Awtrey 


1866-75 R. S. McFarlin 
1875-81 John W. Sledge 
1881-87 John Edward Toole 
1887-96 E. T. Winn 
1896-14 William L. Cleaveland 
1914-G. Thomas Traylor 


Sheriffs of Troup County. The sheriff, or his deputy, is required to 
be present at sessions of Superior and County courts to receive the mandates 
of the court in reference to any prisoner arraigned, and to serve subpoenas 


the like. 

The following is the 

roster: 


1827 

Willis Whatley 

1862-66 

William H. Cooper 

1828-29 

Daniel S. Robertson 

1866-69 

Jarrell O. Towns 

1830-31 

Willis Whatley 

1869-75 

Thomas C. Miller 

1832-33 

Daniel S. Robertson 

1876-84 

William G. S. Martin 

1834-35 

John Arnold 

1885-91 

E. B. Edmondson 

1836-37 

Daniel S. Robertson 

1891-98 

Edward M. Henderson 

1838-39 

Samuel J. Thompson 

1898-04 

H. N. Brady 

1840-46 

Henry Faver 

1904-06 

W. T. Birdsong 

1847-49 

Jonathan Taylor 

1906-14 

Oscar H. Florence 

1850-51 

Alphonse Hemphill 

1914-17 

W. B. Shirey 

1852-53 

Thomas Davis 

1917-20 

Samuel A. Smith 

1854-55 

R. F. Maddox 

1920-24 

John F. Carley 

1856-57 

Waters B. Jones 

1924-— 

H. N. Brady 

1858-61 

Thomas C. Miller 




37th District Court. Among the short-lived experiments in court 
procedures was the establishment of the 37th District Court by the General 
Assembly in 1870. It was abolished by the same body in the year 1871; 
therefore, the personnel of officers is limited to one: J. H. Caldwell, judge; 
Thomas H. Whitaker, solicitor-general; R. S. McFarlin, clerk. 

County Court. From the organization of the county until 1866, the 
Inferior Court filled the needs of a county court, and in that year a county 


Note. Sheriff Shirey was killed in execution of duty. 



Troup County Courts 


43 


court was established and continued until October 26, 1870; the district 
court above mentioned replaced the functions of the county court by its 
quarterly sessions until 1872. The justices of the peace of the county were 
clothed with the powers of a county court on August 23, 1872, but after 
four years of trial of this plan, and in response to the criticisms of the bar, 
the county court was again created on February 23, 1876, and continued 
until the establishment of the present City Court of Troup County, created 
on December 19, 1899. Thus it will be seen that our county had several 
experiments in court procedure with a very variable jurisdiction in both 
civil and criminal suits. First, Inferior Court, 1827-66; County Court, 
1866-70; 37th District Court, 1870-71; Justice Courts, 1872-76; County 
Court, 1876-99; City Court, 1900 to date. 

The following roster of judges and solicitors of the County and City 
Courts, excepting the justices, and the judges of the Inferior Court: 


Judges 

Blount C. Ferrell_1866-70 

William W. Turner..1876-78 

James M. Beall_1879-82 

Thomas H. Whitaker_1883-86 

William W. Turner ...1887-94 

R. A. Freeman_1895-98 

Frank P. Longley____1899-01 

Francis M. Longley....___1901-04 

Frank Harwell_1905-16 

Edward T. Moon-1917-18 

Duke Davis_1919-24 

William T. Tuggle_1925- 


Solicitors 

John A. Speer__1866-70 

Orville A. Bull_ .....1876-78 

James H. Pitman..__1887-94 

William T. Tuggle_1899-01 

Henry Reeves_1901-16 

Leon L. Meadors_!_1917— 


Inferior Court. In the early history of Troup County the judges of 
the Inferior Court were important factors in the organization and the devel¬ 
opment of the county. For a long time their duties were three-fold in 
character: First, as county commissioners to plan the county town, to au¬ 
thorize the passage of roads, to oversee the construction of bridges, to fix 
rates of taxation and license for the county, and to purchase the necessary 
supplies for the use of the county; second, as a court of ordinary, to probate 
wills, to appoint guardians and administrators, to approve the care of orphans 
and the mentally incompetent; third, as a court of justice, to hear all cases 
involving controversy of debt, to try criminal cases not involving capital 
punishment. 

This court was composed of five justices, and the presence of three con¬ 
stituted a quorum for the transaction of business, yet the records frequently 
show the attendance of the full court of five. The records of each function 
of the court were kept in separate books and the minutes always were pre- 

















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History of Troup County 


ceded by the phrases: "The Inferior Court convened for county purposes” 
or "for ordinary purposes.” The functions as ordinary ceased in July, 18 52, 
when the Ordinary was made an official of the county. Their functions as 
a court of justice ceased with the establishment of the County Court in 
1866. The Inferior Court was shorn of all its duties by the creation of 
County Commissioners on February 28, 1876. The court was formally 
abolished on February 27, 1877. The following roster of the judges of this 
court is given below: 

Amoss, B. B_18 57-5 8 


Atkinson, Nathan L-1861-64 

Bacon, Thomas J._1851-52 

Bailey, Samuel A__1833-3 5 

Bass, Eaton _ 1829-30 

Beall, Elias_1 83 5-36 

Beall, James M_1836-45; 51-52 

Boddie, Thomas A._1866 

Bond, Lewis A.___1842 

Cameron, Ben H-1836-43; 57-60 

Chivers, Joel M_18 54 

Cook, Thomas I._1837-41 

Cox, Albert E._1845-46 

Culbertson, James P. _1828-32 

Darden, William C..1858 

Dennis, Hiram...1863-64 

Dougherty, Robert__.183 5 

Douglas, John_1843-50 

Douglas, John F._185 5 

Dozier, Nathan B-1853-56; 59-64 

Dozier, Woody_1831-32 

Evans, Daniel_18 33-34 

Fannin, Augustus B._1846-47 

Fannin, William F._1849-52 

Ferrell, Blount C._184 5-46 

Gage, John E._1828 

Geer, Levi _1847-48 

Gorham, John _1863-64 

Gorman, Thomas E._1 853-56 

Greenwood, Thomas B.18 53 

Greer, John _1843-46 

Harris, Edmund T._183 3-34 


Herring, Arthur*_1827 

Hughey, W. W_1 85 5-59 

Hussey, Levi H.*_1827 

Johnson, Sankey T._183 3-37 

Kennon, Charles* _1827 

Lee, Moses _1848 

Lesley, Peter W_1839-43 

Lewis, John S._1836-37 

McLendon, Jesse _1846-48 

Maddox, James __1828-3 1 

Miller, Thomas C._1856-5 8 

Morgan, Robert J._1850-5 1 

Newsom, Joel D_1831-36 

Reid, Samuel _1828-29; 49-52 

Renwick, Nathan _1847 

Ridley, Robert A. T_1843-45 

Roberts, Alexander A_,18 5 3-54 

Rogers, Collin _1832-33; 37-42 

Simmons, James B_1829-32 

Sims, W. H. _1857-58; 61-63 

Sledge, Whitfield H.*_1827-28 

Speer, Alexander _18 53 

Speer, John A..1860-61 

Swanson, Sherwood W.1849-5 0 

Taylor, James* _1827 

Tharp, R. D. A-1849-52; 54-55 

Thomas, William C_1829-30 

Thornton, Thomas J.1859-64 

Traylor, John .1837-39 

Wagner, William _1859-62 

Ware, Daniel _1843-46 

Wilson, Wilie _1834-36 


Justice Court. The courts of the Justice of Peace in our county his¬ 
tory were unique in their operation; the rules of procedure unless set forth 
in "the Code” were in accordance with the pleasure of the incumbent judge. 


*Those so marked were judges in the county before it was subdivided, in December, 1827. 















































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At the request of the litigants in any case, a jury of five could be summoned 
to decide the facts in the case, increasing the costs in the case by $1.25, for 
the jurors always received "two bits” for each case decided; in case no jury 
was demanded, the justice decided the facts in the case. The rugged jus¬ 
tice meted out by the old time justices could always be recognized as just, 
whether legal or not, and technicalities seldom were allowed to interfere 
with the decisions of the court, and flimsy excuses for continuance were 
never recognized. The greatest abomination of the old country justices 
was for city lawyers and Supreme Court decisions, and in the arguments 
before the justices by the lawyers the paragraph of the code of Georgia car¬ 
ried more weight than the most profound interpretation of any legal author¬ 
ity. 

On one occasion two lawyers met to represent opposing sides of some con¬ 
troversy in a justice court, the facts were admitted and there was no recourse 
to a jury. The justice listened carefully to the recital of the facts, and fol¬ 
lowed the citation of code paragraphs by turning to each as fast as they were 
mentioned. One of the lawyers rose to argue the case and talked for a few 
minutes, the justice in the meanwhile squirmed on his seat, and then inter¬ 
rupted the lawyer and said, "Well, gentlemen, it looks like it is going to 
rain, and I want to go home and plant some turnips, and when you two have 
finished your arguments, you will find my decision written here in the book.’* 
Needless to say the arguments closed at once. 

The question of costs of the case, the only income of the justice, were 
some times confusing and difficult of placing in an unsettled case, or in case 
of appeal to a higher court. Many of the old timers will remember the de¬ 
cision of the justice in one such case of controversy over the ownership of 
a cow to which both claimants had some rights. His decision was that "the 
costs follow the cow.” 

But when all is said and done, a tribute is due to these honest old pioneers 
of the law for their unfailing honesty and integrity in maintaining the 
power and majesty of the law under the most trying circumstances. 

Court of Ordinary. The Court of Ordinary has jurisdiction over the 
probation of wills, the returns of executors, administrators and guardians, 
and is the tribunal for the determination of lunacy, and also the authority 
for the issuance of marriage licenses. The pensions for Confederate sol¬ 
diers with their attendant records form a division of the office. Since 1884 
the county officers take their oath of office before the ordinary, who records 
the oath in the minutes. The functions of this office were formerly lodged 
in the judges of the Inferior Court, but in 1852, a special county officer was 
designated to care for this part of the Inferior Court. The roster of the or¬ 
dinaries in consequence commence with 1852: 


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History of Troup County 


1852-56 

Wiley H. Sims 

1873-77 

Littleton Pitts 

1856-58 

Thomas C. Evans 

1877-88 

William C. Yancey 

1858-64 

Samuel Curtright 

1888-93 

Robert M. Young 

1864 

James Turner 

1893-01 

John B. Strong 

1864-68 

Littleton Pitts 

1901-25 

Henry T. Woodyard 

1868-72 

Henry H. Cary 

1925- 

J. Forest Johnson 


County Commissioners. The functions of the County Commissioners 
were formerly vested in the Inferior Court. The change was made by the 
creation of a Board of Commissioners on February 28, 1876, elective by the 
Grand Jury, and afterward in 1895 made elective by the voters. The func¬ 
tions of the Commissioners are the control of the county convicts, the super- 


vision of the roads and bridges, the 

management 

of the county finances, and 

the fixing of 
the roster: 

the tax rate for county purposes. 

The following constitutes 

1876-78 

John F. Awtrey 

1905-06 

Benjamin F. Carter 

1876-78 

J. W. Birdsong 

1905-06 

Virgil E. Dallis 

1876-78 

Dr. B. C. Cook 

1905-06 

C. D. Philpot 

1876-78 

John Hogg 

1907-10 

J. C. C. Freeman 

1876-78 

T. I. C. Timmons 

1907-14 

Charles H. Griffin 

1878-83 

W. W. Cato 

1907-08 

T. B. Jones 

1878-88 

Milledge H. Hart 

1907-10 

J. L. Lovelace 

1878-80 

Francis M. Longley 

1911-12 

Virgil E. Dallis 

1878-86 

Robert B. Traylor 

1911-12 

D. B. Freeman 

1878-80 

W. B. Whatley 

1911-14 

J. W. T. Glass 

1880-86 

Littleton Pitts 

1911-13 

Charles W. Smith 

1880-82 

Edward T. Winn 

1913-14 

T. B. Jones 

1882-86 

Sanford H. Dunson 

1913-16 

George W. Poer 

1886-90 

Robert L. Christopher 

1914-32 

John H. Hardy 

1886-88 

Edward M. Henderson 

1915-16 

D. B. Freeman 

1886-88 

A. B. Jones 

1915-16 

J. W. Strickland 

1886-88 

John B. Reid 

1917-20 

J. Ellie Borders 

1888-90 

J. W. Birdsong 

1917-20 

W. T. Cofield 

1888-90 

L. G. Cleaveland 

1917-20 

Philip Lanier 

1888-96 

Moses L. Fleming 

1917-20 

J. C. Todd 

1888-90 

A. C. Williams 

1921-30 

E. D. Daniel 

1890-96 

James P. Baker 

1921-24 

Bryant Fuller 

1890-91 

W. Hammett 

1921-24 

George S. Hanson 

1890-92 

J. E. Smith 

1921-28 

G. T. Whitley 

1890-92 

Luther S. Turner 

1924-32 

H. G. Woodruff 

1892-96 

L. G. Cleaveland 

1925-32 

B. F. Rosser 

1892-94 

W. Scott Hendon 

1929-32 

J. H. Darden 

1892-94 

J. D. Johnson 

1931-32 

J. C. Lanier 

1894-06 

J. M. Callaway 

1931-33 

F. Jesse Pike 

1896-98 

John H. Covin 

1933-— 

John H. Hardy 

1897-04 

Charles H. Griffin 

1933- 

Charles A. Parker 

1897-08 

W. J. Hardy 

1933- 

William H. Turner, Jr. 

1897-04 

J. F. Market 

1933- 

Grady Webb 

1899-64 

Frank Word 

1933- 

G. T. Whitley 


CHAPTER VII. MUNICIPALITIES 


LaGrjv.nge. "Toward the western border line, 

Near Chattahoochee's silver stream, 

'Where groves of maple, oak and pine 
Drive off the sun's too garish beam, 

A village sits, amid classic shades." 

—E. Y. Hill from his poem "Georgia.” 

M ANY dramatic incidents are to be found in the interesting story of 
the settlement and organization of the cities and villages of west¬ 
ern Georgia. At times the action of this story is swift and breath-taking, 
epic in form, depicting the hardships and fierce struggles, also the high cour¬ 
age and valor of the early settlers. With the passage of the years the move¬ 
ment of the story changes to a slower tempo, characteristic of a pastoral life. 
A lyric and romantic theme predominates for a while, but again the epic 
intrudes, and stark tragedy and black distress are woven into the plot. 

The scene shifts, passing over the years of reconstruction with their sor¬ 
row and bitterness, hardship and struggle, and the same valorous courage, 
but with a loss of adventure which thrilled their forefathers, and ushers in 
a theme of machinery and expansion. While the whirring of machines may 
not prove so intriguing as the music and romance of the old South, nor as 
gripping as the clash of swords, yet this action has a thrilling interest, which 
keeps its readers on the alert for the climax. 

As a prologue to this story, may be heard the cries of downtrodden human 
beings, who have suffered injustice and degradation through the centuries, 
pleading for justice and equality and a right to worship God, each in his 
own way. As happens in most crises, the desperate need gives birth to a 
hero who seizes the opportunity for the salvation of human privileges and 
rights. In this story the hero is General James Edward Oglethorpe, whose 
work in behalf of insolvent debtors and oppressed Protestants, leads him to 
bring a colony to Georgia in 1733. During these years before our own 
Troup County motif is heard, the ring of the axe through the forest and the 
tramp of frontiersmen coming ever nearer furnish the theme. 

In 1825 the Indian Springs treaty was made whereby Georgia secured 
from the Creek Indians the vast tract of land lying between the Flint and 
the Chattahoochee rivers. Troup County, one of the five made from this 
territory was opened for settlement in 1827. Many stories had gone into 
Greene, Wilkes, and other older counties, of the fertile soil, the virgin for¬ 
ests, the wild game, and the friendly Indians, so many settlers traveled by 
wagon, or on foot, into this new country, and came into possession of land 
by a lottery grant, or by purchase from some fortunate grantee. 








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History of Troup County 


These early pioneers began building sturdy log houses, cutting the logs 
from the forest and hewing them with a broad axe. Some of these early 
houses were built with lofts reached by ladders in order that the women and 
children could escape from wolves while the men were working in the fields 
and forests. These early settlers were soon joined by other pioneers, many 
from Virginia and the Carolinas, for after the Revolution many pioneers 
were seeking land grants, wherever they could be obtained. 

From September of 1824 to December of 1825, LaFayette was a guest of 
the American nation, and during this time for two weeks he was the guest 
of our Governor Troup of Georgia. So great was the appreciation of his 
services to the nation and the admiration of his ideals, that when this small 
settlement decided to incorporate the community, in a town meeting called 
for the purpose of naming the town on motion of Julius C. Alford, it was 
named by a unanimous vote LaGrange, in honor of the estate of LaFayette 
in France. 

The selection of the site for the county town, or county seat, devolved 
upon the five judges of the Inferior Court: James Culberson, Samuel Reid, 
James Maddux, John E. Gage, and Whitfield H. Sledge. Samuel Reid, who 
lived near Whitfield Crossing, favored a site near Mountville; John E. Gage, 
who was interested in the promotion of the town of Vernon on the banks 
of the Chattahoochee River, favored Vernon as the county town. The In¬ 
ferior Court being unable to agree on either site finally agreed to place the 
county town about half way between the two contesting communities, and 
the final selection was land lot 109 in the 6th land district. This lot was 
drawn in the state lottery at Milledgeville by Bailey Reed, a citizen of Ogle¬ 
thorpe County, on May 21, 1827, who sold the lot to Buckner Beasley for 
$300.00 on February 15, 1828, and Beasley in turn sold it to John Pinckard 
for $500.00 on February 28, 1828, and Pinckard sold it to the Inferior 
Court of Troup County for $1,350.00 on March 5, 1828. 

LaGrange was incorporated on December 16, 1828, and in the same Act 
of the legislature was created the county seat of Troup County. R. A. Lane, 
James Simmons, John Herring, Dow Perry, and Howell Jenkins were ap¬ 
pointed as commissioners of the town. In 1852 the addition of an Intend- 
ant, or mayor, was made, and the number of commissioners reduced to four 
besides the Intendant. The duties of this body were to enact laws for the 
town government, and they were empowered to restrict, prohibit, or regu¬ 
late the sale and distribution of all distilled spiritous and intoxicating liquors 
within the corporate limits of LaGrange; they were also to prescribe the 
penalties for the disobedience of any laws of the town. 

LaGrange, being the county town, was the scene of the first Superior 
Court, which was held in a log house on the site of what is now known as 


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the Graves Swanson place. Judge Walter T. Colquitt presided over the 
court, Noah Johnson was the clerk, and Daniel S. Robertson was the sheriff. 

In 1829-30 the court house was built in the center of the present Court 
Square, and the business part of the town was built on the four sides of 
the square. Among the early citizens, who carried on their business in 
small wooden stores and offices, are found the following names: John E. 
Morgan, James and William Redd, Sampson Duggar, Rufus Broome, Fears 
and Saffold, James M. Beall, Amos J. Persons, Joseph Poythress, Bennett M. 
Ware, Samuel A. Bailey, Evans and Thompson, Wood and Harvey, Bogart 
and Forbes, Walker and Smith, Collin Rogers, Lewis Hines, John B. Strong, 
W. C. Thomas, and many others whose names have vanished. The first 
blacksmith shop was owned and operated by John (Jack) B. Strong, a great 
uncle of Mrs. R. H. Park, and his family lived in one of the first frame 
houses of the town, situated where the present Colonial Hotel now stands. 
Another of the early frame houses was that of James Turner, the grand¬ 
father of Mrs. John D. Faver, and the same old house is now used as the 
home of the nurses of Dunson Hospital. 

From the Indians who lived across the Chattahoochee, these earliest set¬ 
tlers bought corn, peas, chickens and eggs. The Indians usually were 
friendly and would often come into the homes of the settlers and ask for 
food, offering baskets and moccasins for sale. However, sometimes they 
were rude and had to be driven from the homes. While the cession of the 
territory by the Creeks included the provision for transportation of the 
Indians to some place beyond the Mississippi, many of the dissatisfied and 
rebellious braves gathered beyond the Chattahoochee, and lived by pillaging 
from the nearest settlers. This pillaging and the stealing of cattle by the 
Indians became so intolerable, that the settlers after one particularly vicious 
raid, pursued them across the river and burned their village. In the chap¬ 
ter on Troup County Military will be found the story of the "Burnt Vil¬ 
lage,taken from White’s Historical Recollections. 

According to John T. Rutledge, who spent his boyhood days in this com¬ 
munity, one of the interesting divertisements of the time was that of deer 
hunting. The hunters started the dogs in the Tanyard branch swamp (junc¬ 
tion of Hill and Greenville streets to the south), and the dogs pursued the 
deer across the present Court Square towards the McLendon branch north of 
town and then on towards Yellow Jacket Creek, the hunters shooting them 
from the various stands. One of these stands was situated at the southwest 
corner of Court Square, where the A. & P. store is located. Mr. Rutledge 
related that he had often seen as many as sixteen deer passing this point. 

Many of the pioneers from the earlier settlements were people of education 
and property, and they brought with them into this wilderness, tools, cattle, 


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History of Troup County 


slaves and household furnishings. Almost immediately they began to plan 
for schools and churches. 

The title to real estate in land lot 109, or the original LaGrange, was 
vested in the Inferior Court of Troup County on March 5, 1828, and before 
any property was conveyed by them, a sub-division was made by the county 
surveyor, Samuel Reid, the grandfather of Mrs. J. B. Strong. While the 
property may have been bought some time prior to the date of the deeds, 
the first recorded deed given by the Inferior Court was to Rufus Broome 
on November 16, 1830, for a portion of the block on the south side of Court 
Square; the second to James Herring on May 15, 1831, for a portion of the 
Baptist church block; the first residence deed was issued to William A. Redd, 
for a part of the middle block north of Haralson Street and on the same 
day a deed was given to the Baptist and Presbyterian churches for a lot on 
the west side of Bull Street. 

On the west side of the present city in land lot 110, the first sale of the 
private sub-division made by James S. Park was made to Julius C. Alford 
on March 13, 1830, for the property of LaGrange College hill, and the 
second to Gen. Hugh A. Haralson for the present McLendon place on April 
1, 1830. In land lot 116, which is south of Broome Street, the property 
was sub-divided by John E. Gage, and his first recorded sale was to Joseph 
Poythress on February 5, 1830, for the present post-office lot, and the second 
to James and William Daniel for another portion of the same block on 
February 2 5, 1830. Most of the lots in the residence section of the town 
were deeded in 1831 and in 1832, and later. 

The lot where Hillview Cemetery is now situated, the eastern half of 
number 21 Commons, and the lot now occupied by John D. Faver at 406 
Broad Street, which was the southwest corner of number 11 Commons, 
were both reserved for school purposes by the Inferior Court in the sub¬ 
division, the first named lot for Troup County Academy, and the second 
for LaGrange Female Academy. The central square was reserved for a 
court house, and the lot whereon the present city hall stands, number 24 
Commons, was reserved for a jail lot by the same officials. 

Mrs. M. J. Morgan, who attended the LaGrange Female Academy, then 
called the Stanley School, related many years ago an occurrence that took 
place while she was a student there: "There was an Indian alarm, and such 
a panic, I have never seen before or since. The school was dispersed in all 
directions; the town in an uproar, horror-stricken, expecting to be massacred 
by the Indians who were reported to be swooping down upon us. What a 
merciful providence that arrested the calamity.” 

Mrs. William H. Cooper, a woman of great culture and piety, taught a 
small school at her home which was located in a grove in the rear of the 


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Lewis J. Render home. Afterwards she built a small schoolhouse near by. 
Mrs. Cooper was a Miss Fall and her father was an eminent physician and 
author of several medical books. 

Mrs. Thomas A. Boddie, who was a student of LaGrange College when 
it was known as Montgomery School, gives us some interesting sidelights 
on these early times in Miss Belle Boddie’s ably edited notes published in 
the LaGrange Graphic in 1928. The campus on Broad Street was large, 
and many magnificent forest trees flourished there. The school building 
was built of wood and was large and rambling. She spoke of the children 
who accompanied her to school, she and her sister, Anne Elizabeth Smith, 
and her step-sister, Sarah Stembridge, were joined a little further down the 
street by Joe and Mary Eliza Colquitt, Achsah Turner, Mary Cade Alford 
and her sister Margaret, or Pony, Anna Morgan, Ophelia and Elmira Wilkes, 
and Martha Beall. The Morgan and Wilkes girls had an understanding that 
when one party went ahead of the other, that party was to place a pebble 
on General Edward’s gate-post. O mores, O tempora. Time passes and the 
beautiful gates disappear, but the same little human episodes appear through¬ 
out history. 

The original limits of LaGrange were the bounds of the land lot on which 
it was located. In 18 56 the limits were extended, and were the circle of 
one mile radius from the center of Court Square. The next change was 
made on January 1, 1920, and the limits were extended to a two-mile radius 
and to include all of Southwest LaGrange limits, wherever exceeding the 
two-mile radius. This added all of the Callaway Mills in the southwestern 
part of the city, and the Dunson Mills on the eastern side of the city to the 
corporate limits of LaGrange. 

The earliest record of any fire protection was in 1857, when Waters B. 
Jones, Robert F. Maddox, Friend O. Rogers, Burrell B. Cook, John C. Curt- 
right, Thomas Scott, Albert E. Cox, J. B. Morgan, Morris Berringer, Daniel 
McMillan, C. D. Burks, and Divany A. Kidd, were chartered by the General 
Assembly of Georgia, and organized under the name of "The Diligent Fire¬ 
men” with the usual exemptions from street tax and the like. In 1890 a 
volunteer fire department was organized under the leadership of Robert J. 
Guinn, Sr., as chief, and this volunteer organization served the city for 
several years. 

In 1908 a paid fire department was organized with C. W. Corless as the 
fire chief and a total personnel of three; but the present department con¬ 
sists of fourteen men with modern appliances for fire-fighting, including 
two 750-gallon pumping engines, one hose and ladder truck, and one chemi¬ 
cal engine for oil and gas fires. 


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History of Troup County 


In 1887 a street railway was incorporated by F. M. Ridley, J. P. Thornton, 
F. M. Longley, and G. E. Dallis. The railway was laid from the railroad 
station to Main Street and to Court Square, thence down Broad Street to 
the junction of Ben Hill Street. The vehicle of locomotion was a mule- 
drawn car, which was a great pleasure and convenience to the college girls. 
On one occasion one of the students entered the car while the driver was 
absent, probably in a flirtation with some girl. The sagacious mule, decid¬ 
ing that it was time for the return trip, started towards town with the 
one passenger and no driver. The college hill had not been graded at that 
time, and as there was no one to apply the brakes, that student had a most 
thrilling ride, until she and the mule were rescued on Court Square. The 
street railway was originally intended to extend some distance on the Vernon 
Road, and make a circuit of the city, but the plan was never completed, 
and the railroad was later removed to make way for paved streets. 

In 1845 the population of LaGrange was about 1500, of which about 
500 were whites and about 1000 colored. In 1933 the population has 
increased to about 21,000. This increase is largely due to the wide expan¬ 
sion of the textile industry. The railroads, the banks, and the newspapers 
have contributed much to the commercial development of the community. 

The steady growth of LaGrange is indicated by the large sums of money 
spent for building operations. The sum spent for private enterprises, resi¬ 
dences, and business buildings, totaled $3,498,000.00 within the last decade. 
The city of LaGrange has spent more than a million dollars in the improve¬ 
ment of city properties, more than doubling in value the school buildings, 
and adding to the gas, electric lighting, waterworks system, and the erec¬ 
tion of a city hall. LaGrange now has sixteen miles of paving on streets, 
and one hundred miles of paved sidewalks. 

The earliest hostelry of LaGrange, of which there is any record, was the 
Howard Tavern, which once stood on the site of the First Baptist Church. 
It was the stage coach stop in LaGrange until 185 5, when the church was 
built. It was operated by Greenberg G. Howard. The LaGrange Hotel 
was a wooden structure on the east side of Main Street, that was finally 
razed to make room for brick structures. The New LaGrange Hotel, at 
one time called Hotel Andrews, was destroyed by fire in 1931, and occupied 
a place in the same block. It was the principal hotel for many years. 

The Park Hotel is the oldest of the present hotels. The interior has 
been remodeled several times to keep it up to date. The Terrace Hotel, 
built by R. O. Pharr, and the Colonial Hotel, built by the Misses Young, 
are all that can be desired in comfort and convenience. 


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The building trades were ably represented in the early days by Cullen 
Rogers, James Culberson, Edward Broughton, and Benjamin Cameron; at 
a later date by H. C. Butler, Pike Brothers, H. W. Caldwell, and the colored 
contractor, John King; and at the present by Daniel Lumber Company, 
and Newman Construction Company, and a host of private builders and 
contractors. 

The wholesale grocery business is a more modern development of the 
LaGrange territory. The Dixie Grocery Company, afterwards Jones-Knight, 
and the Daniel Grocery Company made ventures in this line. The LaGrange 
Grocery Company, under the management of Max Hagedorn, and Culpepper 
and Clark, a firm composed of W. T. Culpepper and Hardy Clark, are the 
principal factors in this trade at the present. 

The Swift Company, which succeeded the Troup Company, are manu¬ 
facturers of fertilizers, and have a wide field of patronage. 

The textile industry is a vital commercial factor of the commerce of 
LaGrange, and includes the total of 150,000 spindles within the city limits, 
representing an original investment of more than $15,000,000.00 in addition 
to their working capital. These plants are the LaGrange Calumet, Dixie, 
Unity, Elm City, Dunson, Unity Spinning, Hillside, and Oakleaf, and the 
Valway Rug Mills. With this industry are associated the names of Barnard, 
Murphy, Truitt, Edmondson, Dunson, and the financial genius Fuller E. 
Callaway, and many other citizens. 

The financial interests of LaGrange were cared for by the First National 
Bank, afterwards the Bank of LaGrange, and the LaGrange Banking and 
Trust Company. The present institutions are the LaGrange National Bank, 
the Industrial Loan and Investment Company, the Home Building and Loan 
Company, the Franklin Savings and Loan Company, and the Family Finance 
Company. 

The fraternal and social organizations of LaGrange are represented by 
the Masonic fraternity, the Odd Fellows, the Elks, the Red Men, the Junior 
Order, the Rotary Club, the Lions Club, the Woman’s Club, the Highland 
Country Club, and a host of smaller organizations. 

LaGrange has ever been noted for its sound business interests, its cultural 
institutions, its shaded streets, its beautiful homes, and its hospitable people. 
The legacy of its pioneers for probity in every day living, for valor and 
courage in times of distress, and for the enjoyment of the arts and sciences, 
is one that is carefully guarded by their descendants. The records prior 
to 1874 cannot be found, and there is no authentic roster that can be 
given for officers prior to that time, except the ones mentioned in the text 
above. The rosters follow: 


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History of Troup County 


Mayors of LaGrange 


1874-75 

William C. Yancey 

1898 

Thomas S. Bradficld 

1876 

Francis M. Longley 

1899-00 

Thomas J. Harwell 

1877-79 

John N. Cooper 

1901-03 

John D. Edmundson 

1880-81 

John Edward Toole 

1903-04 

Orville G. Cox 

1882-84 

Thomas J. Harwell 

1905-15 

John D. Edmundson 

1885 

Robert S. McFarlin 

1916-17 

Henry Reeves 

1886-87 

Frank M. Ridley 

1918 

C. N. Pike 

1888 

Henry E. Ware 

1919-23 

S. H. Dunson 

1889-90 

Elisha D. Pitman 

1924-27 

Grover C. Hunter 

1891-92 

James F. Park 

1928-31 

Herman C. Fincher 

1893-95 

Davis J. Gaffney 

1932- 

R. S. O’Neal 

1895-97 

Enoch Callaway 




City Clerks of LaGrange 

1874-78 

Egbert Beall 

1899-00 

James T. Johnson 

1879-87 

John G. Whitfield 

1901-03 

James B. Ridley 

1888-90 

S. A. Reid 

1904-19 

Thomas J. Harwell 

1891-92 

Orville A. Bull 

1920-23 

D. A. Leman 

1893 

Frank P. Longley 

1924- 

J. H. Moss 

1894-98 

W. W. Randall 




West Point. The city of West Point was originally an early and im¬ 
portant trading post on the east bank of the Chattahoochee and was called 
Franklin by the early settlers. Some of the earliest settlers were John H. 
Broadnax, Thomas Coker, William Coker, Joseph and John Williams, John 
Phipps and A. Cox. In 1829 Phipps, Williams and Cox built the first store 
at the top of a hill, but moved in 1830 and built a log store on lower 
ground nearer the river. The principal business at that time was with the 
Indians, who were thickly settled on the western side of the river. During 
1830 and 1831 Littleberry Gresham, John C. Webb, Robert and E. G. 
Richards, Benjamin Rhodes, H. F. and Thomas Erwin, opened business 
houses on the east side of the river. Peter Dudley built and kept the first 
tavern near the old toll bridge. William Coker built the second tavern, 
and after his time Mrs. Reid kept an excellent tavern on the Schaefer corner. 

In 1831 the population of the settlement of Franklin numbered one hun¬ 
dred, and the amount of business was estimated to be from $40,000.00 to 
$50,000.00, showing a thriving trading center even in those early days. 
The surrounding country soon became settled with sturdy farmers, who 
felled forests, built substantial homes, and raised splendid crops from the 
virgin soil. 

The city of West Point was incorporated originally as the town of Frank¬ 
lin on December 26, 1831. Dr. G. W. Hill went to Milledgeville, the 
capital of the state at that time, for the purpose of furthering the incor- 


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poration, and it is believed that he suggested the name of Franklin. The 
charter of Franklin Academy was granted at the same session of legislature. 
Under the act of incorporation the following persons were appointed com¬ 
missioners of the town: Charles R. Pearson, William Atkins, Robert M. 
Richards, Thomas B. Erwin, and John C. Webb. On December 24, 1832, 
the name of the town was changed by legislative enactment to the town 
of West Point. The cause of this sudden change of name of the town was 
that the adjacent county of Heard had named their county seat "Franklin,** 
and there was much confusion in the transmission of mails. 

Captain J. W. F. Little, in an article which appeared in the LaGrange 
Reporter in 1878, said: "No positive facts can now be obtained as to why 
the name of 'West Point* was chosen. It is said that this is the most 
western point of the Chattahoochee River and possibly that was the reason. 
It was certainly not because it was the western terminus of the Atlanta and 
West Point Railroad, for the town was named sixteen years before the enter¬ 
prise was projected.’* 

The original limits of the town of West Point included land lot 283 and 
the fraction 318 in the 5 th district. These limits were extended by legis¬ 
lative enactment on December 26, 183 5, to the present size of the city: 
that is to include land lots 283, 284, and the southern half and the north¬ 
western quarter of 28 5, and the fractions 316, 317, and 318 in the 5th 
district east of the river; the fractions, 57, 58, and 59, in the 16th district 
west of the river. In the same act of extension of limits, the following 
commissioners were appointed: Charles R. Pearson, Beaman Martin, Law¬ 
rence Gahagan, Green W. Hill, and Hutchinson Burnham. These commis¬ 
sioners were to hold office for one year and chose one of their number as 
Intendant. Also in the same enactment, Abner McGee, George Whitman, 
Edward Hancock, John Scott, Sr., Francis M. Gilmer, Nimrod C. Benson, 
John C. Webb, and Charles R. Pearson, were authorized to build a bridge 
across the Chattahoochee at any point within the limits of incorporation. 

In 1836, the Montgomery and West Point Railroad was chartered, and 
many citizens subscribed to the stock. The trains of this road entered West 
Point in 1851. In 1838 the West Point Land Company was chartered, 
and Thomas Winston was chosen president. A period of inflation followed, 
subdivisions were laid off, lots were improved and sold at large profits, but 
unfortunately this dream of West Point as a future metropolis vanished 
and many investors lost money. During this period of development in 
1838, the authorized toll bridge was built at the foot of Jackson Street. 
The bridge was built by Horace King, at that time a slave of Mr. Godwin 
of Columbus, the contractor of the project. The bridge was 652 feet in 
length and cost $22,000.00. The lumber for the project was sawed in 


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Heard County by Nick Tompkins, and rafted down the river. This bridge 
was burned by Colonel LaGrange of the Federal Army on April 17, 1865, 
just after the battle of Fort Tyler, and was rebuilt in 1866. 

The completion of the Atlanta and West Point Railroad into West Point 
in 18 54 was the last necessary factor in the development of the city as a 
real cotton market. As early as 18 51, 28,000 bales were brought from the 
surrounding country, hauled in wagons, some as much as seventy miles. 

After the Montgomery and West Point Railroad entered the city in 1851, 
business began to increase on the west side of the river, and when 18 56 
had arrived, nearly all the business section was removed to that side. In 
the decade from 1850 to 1860, the West Point market was supplied with 
wheat, corn, and bacon, and it was not until 1861 that any corn was bought 
and shipped from other markets to the city. 

On February 10, 18 54, the town of West Point was chartered as the 
City of West Point, and one of the first enterprises of the new city was a 
plan for a good hotel, and during 18 56-57 Tim and Terry Collins built 
the Chattahoochee Hotel, which still maintains its excellent standard of 
hostelry under the name of Charles Hotel. 

At the outbreak of the War Between the States, West Point gallantly 
espoused the cause of the Confederacy, and the West Point Guards tendered 
their services on April 2, 1861. The close of the war found West Point 
sacked and burned, the people without money or credit, but with indomi¬ 
table energy and industry and perseverance, which has always characterized 
her citizens, they began to rebuild what had been destroyed. The toll 
bridge built in 1838 and the railroad bridge finished in 18 54 were uselessly 
destroyed by the Federal vandals. West Point was the first city in Georgia 
to be relieved from military control after the war. 

West Point is situated in the midst of splendid manufacturing interests. 
Within a seven-mile radius are to be found Lanett, Langdale, Shawmut, 
Fairfax, Riverdale, and the Utilization Plant. While all these plants are 
in the state of Alabama, they are owned by the West Point Manufacturing 
Company with their central offices in the city of West Point. This chain 
of mills was organized and in a large measure financed by West Point citi¬ 
zens, among whom may be found the names of Huguley, Atkinson, Lanier, 
Trammell, Scott, Johnson, Lovelace, Walker, Miller, and many others. 

The sewerage system, water supply, fire and police protection, and the 
public schools, are unsurpassed. There are churches of every denomination, 
Chamber of Commerce, Rotary Club, Woman’s Club, and near by a country 
club. The boy and girl scout councils are nationally known, and they have 
one of the best equipped camps in the country. 


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Among the handsome public buildings of the city may be mentioned the 
spacious auditorium, the city hall, the Magnolia Club, the Hawkes Library, 
the handsome new High School, several new churches of outstanding capacity 
and beauty, and a number of well-equipped business structures. The West 
Point Iron Works and the Batson-Cook Lumber Company are numbered 
among the successful contractors of the city. The annals of the city and 
the surrounding territory are well edited in the West Point News by Tipton 
Coffee and his sons. 

The early records of the city of West Point have been lost or destroyed 
and as a consequence, the roster of the city officials is complete from 1879 
to date with the exception of those mentioned in the subject matter above. 

Mayors of West Point 


1879 

W. L. Williams 

1896-98 

J. J. Smith 

1880-82 

E. F. Lanier 

1899-02 

E. J. Collins 

1883-84 

W. E. White 

1903-06 

Philip Lanier 

1885-86 

J. M. Harrington 

1907-08 

J. H. Booker 

1887 

J. S. Baker 

1909-18 

John T. Johnson 

1888 

T. J. Jennings 

1919-20 

Mark McCulloh 

1889 

W. F. White 

1921-22 

Arch Avery 

1890 

T. J. Jennings 

1923-30 

Philip Lanier 

1891-92 

H. T. Woodyard 

1930 

H. L. Hill 

1893 

W. H. White 

1931- 

W. E. Booker 

1894-95 

H. T. Woody ard 




City Clerks 

of West Point 

1879 

R. T. Whitaker 

1894-95 

T. H. Wheat 

1880-84 

R. A. S. Freeman 

1896-98 

T. J. Andrews 

1885-86 

Frank Lanier, Jr. 

1899 

T. H. Wheat 

1887 

Henry T. Woodyard 

1900-04 

H. T. Woodyard 

1888 

W. G. Schaefer 

1905 

Ed Houston 

1889-90 

H. T. Woodyard 

1905 

Scott Baker 

1891 

W. S. Jackson 

1906-26 

L. Strong 

1892-93 

W. G. Schaefer 

1927- 

Novatus L. Barker, Jr. 


Hogansville. The city of Hogansville lies on the line between the 
Eleventh and Twelfth Land districts. The Calumet Mills and the mill vil¬ 
lage is in land lot No. 96, the churches and residence section in No. 97, and 
the southeastern part of the city in No. 128 of the Eleventh District; the 
central southern part in No. 9, the business section in No. 10, and the High 
School and Stark Mills in No. 11 of the Twelfth District; the western side 
of the city in Nos. 22, 23 and 24 of the Twelfth. The location is that of 
the intersection of the commercial highway towards Augusta before the 
coming of railroads and the old Indian trail which connected the McIntosh 
Reserve with the Creek towns on the lower reaches of the Chattahoochee 


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and the Flint rivers. At an early date a large part of the site of the city 
was the property of William Hogan, for whom the town was named. 

The early history of Hogansville is a record of a community gathered 
around the churches and school and the mill of Daniel Norwood on Yellow 
Jacket Creek near the present station of Trimble. Among the names secured 
from old deeds and records are found the following pioneers: Uriah Askew, 
Joseph N. Boyd, John Brooks, Zadoc J. Daniel, Silas N. Davis, Hartsfield 
Hendon, William Hogan, William Hopson, Martin Jenkins, Mordecai John¬ 
son, John A. Jones, James M. McFarlin, William Mobley, Alfred P. Norwood, 
Daniel Norwood, William D. Phillips, Samuel S. Reid, John W. Scoggins, 
John Sims, John Trimble, Henry Wideman, and many others whose names 
were overlooked or not found in the records. 

The incorporation of the town was deferred until long after the com¬ 
munity was a recognized business center, and was dated October 12, 1870, 
when James M. Hurst, Joel J. Loftin, W. H. C. Pace, John T. Pullin, 
Warren Bacchus, and Benjamin W. Morton were appointed commissioners 
and a body corporate under the name and style of Town Council of the 
town of Hogansville. The corporate limits at that time were circular with 
a radius of three-fourths of a mile with the railroad depot as a center; 
however, the radius was reduced to a half mile on February 28, 1876; and 
on December 17, 1901, the present rectangular limits were established. The 
intersection of the center line of the street and the main line of railroad 
track is the point from which measurements are made. The distance toward 
the east, south and west is three-fourths of a mile, towards the north seven- 
tenths of a mile; the sides of the rectangle are due east and west, and north 
and south. 

At the time this community was settled, the whole country was in forest, 
and Andrew Pickens Norwood used to relate that the only clearing was 
that of a corn patch located about a mile northeast on the west side of the 
present highway on land now owned by Warner Smith, which was the site 
of an Indian village. 

In those early days the nearest cotton market was Augusta, and the trans¬ 
portation was by means of wagons. These market trips were great events, 
and there was usually a considerable train of wagons, camping on the road¬ 
side by night, for it required several days to make the trip. On the return 
trip they brought back such necessities and luxuries as would be used for 
the year until another caravan set forth. 

Daniel Norwood, the father of Andrew Pickens Norwood, migrated from 
South Carolina to Georgia in 1828, and settled about three miles north 


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of Hogansville, and built the old Norwood mill about two miles east of 
Hogansville on Yellow Jacket Creek near the present station of Trimble. 
The dam was constructed of granite quarried from a large outcrop near 
the mill. This mill was patronized by the settlers for miles in all directions. 

The completion of the Atlanta and West Point Railroad in the early 
fifties centered the activities of the community near the railroad station, 
and the town began to attract the settlers from the surrounding country 
as a good place to engage in different kinds of business. 

After the demoralization incident of the War Between the States and 
the subsequent carpet-bag rule, the community commenced its stride with 
the incorporation of Hogansville as a town on October 12, 1870, and one 
of the first enterprises of the new town was the establishment of a supply 
and general merchandise store by Morton and Trimble, a firm composed of 
Captain Benjamin Morton and W. S. Trimble, which firm brought the first 
carload of commercial fertilizer to Hogansville. 

This period was also the beginning of tenant farming and crop mortgage 
system, which grew through the seventies, eighties and nineties, and reached 
the culmination in disaster in 1920, when post-war deflation, assisted by 
boll weevil depredations, finished the task of demolition of the farm supply 
business. During the heyday of prosperity Hogansville became known as 
one of the best cotton markets in western Georgia, and the merchants of 
the town sold supplies to a large part of the counties of Troup, Heard, 
Coweta and Meriwether. It was the nearest railroad point to Franklin, 
the county seat of Heard County, sixteen miles distant, and also the same 
distance to Greenville, the county seat of Meriwether County. All freight 
and passenger traffic as well as the mails for these two towns and the 
adjacent territory came through the Hogansville offices. 

In 1881, R. M. Farrar, T. M. Sikes, Frank Word, John Word and W. S. 
Trimble incorporated and built the Hogansville Cotton Oil Mill, the first 
such plant in the county. Soon afterward Edward Atkinson of Boston 
on a visit to the Cotton Exposition in Atlanta conceived the idea of build¬ 
ing a model ginnery, and of setting an example to the cotton farmers of 
improved ginnery methods, whereby the farmers would get a premium 
price for their staple. This large plant added to the gins already in opera¬ 
tion, and the great facilities afforded by Frank Word’s large warehouse, 
made Hogansville a popular cotton market, both for buyer and for seller. 

The merchants and Farmers Bank was incorporated on December 8, 1888, 
by W. S. Hendon, J. H. Covin, E. Mobley, C. K. Bass and J. F. Mobley, 
and the Hogansville Banking Company at a later date. 


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The oldest business in Hogansville is the carriage and wood-working shop 
established in 1868 by William Prather, and successively by his son E. C. 
Prather maintained, and at present by the grandson, O. W. Prather. The 
drug store now owned and operated by the Daniel Drug Company was 
established about the same time, but was at first owned and operated by 
Dr. W. D. Boozer. 

The schools of Hogansville have always been the mainstay and pride, 
and lists among the instructors such substantial and well-equipped men as 
George Looey, John H. Covin, who taught as many as three generations 
in some families, A. F. Trimble, W. S. McCarty, H. W. Wooding, and two 
superior women, Mrs. J. H. Covin, a friend to every one, and Mrs. John 
Daly, who in her private school, and in many cases without remuneration, 
equipped large numbers of boys and girls with knowledge to secure positions 
and to earn their own living. 

In 1900 R. W. Trimble established the Trimble Brick Company two and 
one-half miles east of Hogansville on the railroad with a capacity of eight 
to ten million brick per year, and giving employment to about fifty men. 
The clay from which the brick were made was found in the low lands 
along Yellow Jacket Creek near the station of Trimble. The plant operated 
continuously for twenty-eight years until 1929, and furnished the brick 
for nearly all the cotton mills throughout this territory. 

In 1902, R. W. Trimble developed the quarry near Trimble, which was 
operated by the Yellow Jacket Quarry Company. Approximately three 
hundred thousand tons of crushed stone was shipped from this quarry to 
the Atlanta and West Point Railroad to be used for ballast, and to contrac¬ 
tors for concrete mixing. Forty thousand tons were used for the sea wall 
at Mobile, Alabama. The brick depot built at Trimble to care for the 
business of the brick-yard and the quarry, was erected on the site of the 
original Speer’s spur track. 

On August 12, 1919, the charter of Hogansville was amended by the 
General Assembly of Georgia, and the town of Hogansville was thereafter 
known as the City of Hogansville. This city now boasts of a paved street, 
an excellent system of public schools, water and sewer conveniences, electric 
lights, and is a real city. 


Mayors of Hogansville 


1902-03 

J. F. Askew 

1911-14 

W. G. Davis 

1904-06 

S. A. Davis 

1915-22 

J. F. Askew 

1907-08 

Edwin Trippe 

1923 

J. H. Melson 

1909 

J. F. Askew 

1924-30 

G. G. Daniel 

1910 

J. F. Jones 

1931- 

Charles A. Smith 


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City Clerks of Hogansville 


J902-04 W. C. Matthews 
1904-06 W. D. Zachry 


1915 J. W. Smith 
1916-20 R. H. Utting 


1907 Thomas J. Jones 
1908-09 W. C. Matthews 
1910 W. S. Hendon 
1911-14 D. I. Daniel 


1921 M. A. Shackelford 


1922-23 W. P. Arnold 
1924-29 R. H. Utting 


1930- Charles T. Hightower 


Mountville. Mountville was so named because it is the most elevated 
spot in the county—a little city set upon a hill. It is located on land lot 
202 of the seventh land district, on a part of 183 on the eastern side, and 
a part of 215 on the west side. Land lot 202 was drawn by Neal McRea 
in the land lottery on March 12, 1827; it came into the possession of Joseph 
H. Green, of which transaction there is no public record, and was bought 
by Daniel Davis on December 4, 1832. The first store of the community 
was built by Daniel Davis in land lot 202 at the intersection of the old 
trail from Cowetah Town on the Chattahoochee across King’s Gap to 
McIntosh Reserve in Carroll County and the trail from Indian Springs, 
the capital, to West Point (Franklin) and Alabama points. This store was 
also the post office, and Daniel Davis was the first postmaster. 

All of the houses at this early period were two-room log cabins with stick 
and mud chimneys. Other stores were soon built at this advantageous 
point. All the stores sold whiskey and on Saturday afternoons there was 
many a "fist and skull” fight in consequence. Horse races were held at 
Mountville on possibly the first race track in the county. 

Daniel Davis donated the site of the first school of the community, and 
Dr. Joseph Bradfield gave five acres of land on which Mount Pleasant 
Church was built. 

At a later date Isaac Fincher built a two-story wood shop, at which were 
made wagons, buggies and furniture. Some of the furniture may be found 
in the homes of Mountville at this day. J. N. Carlton, who came from 
Vermont, was an assistant in the shop. He also taught school, Sunday 
School, made coffins and buried the dead. He was also a splendid nurse 
and ministered to the sick in the entire neighborhood. 

At the time of Sherman’s march to the sea, a company of his cavalry 
passed through Mountville just at sunset. Wheeler’s cavalry came in ad¬ 
vance of Sherman’s and had already requisitioned food for themselves and 
their horses. When Sherman’s cavalry demanded and took food for the 
men and feed for their horses, one citizen, Wilson, objected to supplying 
them, so they took what they wanted and then burned his house. 


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At one time Barnum and Bailey’s Circus camped at Mountville over 
night, and watered the animals from the wells. One of the elephants broke 
loose during the night and created a great deal of excitement. 

Mountville community is probably the oldest settlement of Troup County, 
although it was not incorporated as a town until November 29, 1897. The 
settlers are of Anglo-Saxon and Scotch-Irish descent, and have always been 
noted for their generosity and kindness, for the fear of God, and for the 
art of plain living and high ideals. 

Among the early settlers are noted the following: William Beasley, 
Hiram Bird, Nathan V. Boddie, Thomas Evans, William Evans, Benjamin 
Fincher, Cornelius P. Marchman, Daniel Owens, Jacob Thrash, David Wat¬ 
son. To these were added at a later date: G. V. Boddie, Dr. Joseph Brad- 
field, John Carlton, Robert and Millard Fincher, Judge Hightower, Wilson 
Partridge, Boss Woodward, the families of Florence, Harmon and Nance 
and many others. 

Antioch. This former thriving community, wishing to have power to 
control the sale of whiskey in their vicinity, secured an act of the legislature 
for the incorporation of the little town on December 30, 18 51. The town 
was located in land lot 30 of the 15 th district, and the radius of its circular 
limits was one-half mile with the store of Pitts and Glass as the center of 
the circle. 

The pioneers selected this particular locality on account of the large size 
of the trees, which indicated to them a great fertility of the soil. The 
names of the early citizens include many families, which took an important 
part in the development of the county. Associated with this community 
are the names of Robert Allen, Jack Bassett, J. T. Boykin, G. W. Birdsong, 
H. H. Cary, W. P. Edmondson, Jacob Freeman, Wash Formby, Thomas M. 
Floyd, Henry Goss, Willis Greene, Smith Horsley, Wade Hill, Jack Hender¬ 
son, B. C. Johnson, James Mallory, Elihu Pitts, Wiley Rowland, E. A. Reid, 
J. B. Reid, William Strong, William Samples, James Taylor, Jerry Tucker, 
Charles Vickers, Archie Whatley, Willis Whatley, John Wilkes, Hamp Wis¬ 
dom, J. T. Whitley, Thomas Winn, James Wilder,. L. H. Young, and many 
others. 

The first settler on the west side of the Chattahoochee River was Abram 
Ingram; Captain Jack Estes was the second, and Nimrod B. Yarbrough was 
the third. The first white child born on the west side of the river was 
Frank Johnson. 

Vernon. The town of Vernon, which the promoters hoped would be 
the county seat of Troup County, was laid off in land lot 256 of the 5th 
district, and was on the river front of the east side of the Chattahoochee. 
The promoters were Wiley J. Sterling, John E. Gage, an Inferior Court 


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judge, and Henry Faver. The number of citizens purchasing lots are not 
known, but the following secured deeds to lots in Vernon: John E. Gage, 
Wiley J. Sterling, James M. Rawson, Henry Faver, John Bostock, Josiah M. 
Bonner, Nancy Banks, John Lassiter, William A. Lyle, Robert Alexander, 
Robert Benton, James M. Ransom, Willis Benton, William D. Sherod, Willis 
Currey, Ira Allen, Abner C. Dozier, and perhaps others not recorded. 

A church lot was deeded for the organization of a congregation; an 
academy was chartered as Vernon Academy; a ferry was put into operation, 
the approach to which can still be seen on the edge of the Meadors Camp. 

Imagination alone can picture the transformation that the disagreement 
of five Inferior Court judges circumvented: the river transportation, the 
deviation of later railroads, and a host of other changes in the present Troup 
County, had Vernon been chosen as county seat. 

Just north of the crossing of the A. B. & C. Railroad over the Chatta¬ 
hoochee River once was the site of the forgotten town of Vernon, and the 
only present reminder is the names of two militia districts, East Vernon 
and West Vernon, but the promoters and owners and the town are among 
the things gone and forgotten. 


CHAPTER VIII. TROUP COUNTY LOCALITIES 


F OR THE convenience of those who have little familiarity with the 
various places or localities in the county, the following list includes 
most of the places, some of which have almost lost their identity. 

Abbottsford. In L.L. 66 of 15 th district, a station on the A. B. & C. 
Railroad. Take the McGee Bridge Road, turn left just across the bridge; 
about ten miles. Or cross Glass Bridge and take first right. Further. 

Antioch. In L.L. 30 of 15 th district. Cross McGee Bridge and go 
straight ahead, at ten miles turn left. About fifteen miles. 

Big Springs. In L.L. 252 of 7th district, a station on A. B. & C. Rail¬ 
road. Take No. 1 highway south, cross Long Cane Creek, then take the 
first left; straight ahead at church, do not turn right. About nine miles. 

Bridges on the Chattahoochee. See each of these in their alphabetic 
order: (1) McGee, or Sterling, Bridge; (2) Mooty Bridge; (3) Glass 

Bridge; (4) West Point Bridge. 

Baugh Crossroad. In L.L. 181 of 4th district. On the Whitesville, 
or old U. S., road, the second crossroad after crossing Long Cane Creek. 
About nine miles. 

Brown Crossroad. In L.L. 181 of 12th district. On No. 1 highway 
north at intersection of Philpot Ferry Road from Hogansville. About eleven 
miles. 

Cannonville. In L.L. 96 of 5 th district. Take No. 14 highway west 
for seven miles at filling station, turn left then straight ahead across one 
crossroad. About twelve miles. 

Center School. In L.L. 191 of 5 th district. Take No. 14 highway 
west for about eight and one-half miles. On highway. 

Gabbettville. In L.L. 187 of 5th district, a station on A. & W. P. 
Railroad. Take No. 14 highway west, and take left about a half mile 
beyond Long Cane churches. About eleven miles. 

Glass Bridge. In L.L. 302 of 5 th district. Take No. 14 highway west 
for six miles (not Teaver Road at five miles), turn right and straight ahead. 
About nine miles. 

Gray Hill School. In L.L. 37 of 5 th district. Take Whitesville Road 
at six miles, turn right (Hardin Crossroad) and straight ahead. May also 
be reached from Gabbettville. About ten miles. 

Hardin Crossroad. In L.L. 15 5 of 4th district. Take Whitesville Road, 
the first crossroad after passing Long Cane Creek. About six miles. 

Harrisonville. In L.L. 119 of 12th district. Take Young Mill Road, 
straight ahead for eleven miles to crossroad. About eleven miles. 


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Hillcrest School. In L.L. 219 of 12th district. Take No. 1 high¬ 
way north, on the highway. About seven miles. 

Hogansville. In L.L. 10 of 12th district, a station on A. & W. P. 
Railroad. Take No. 14 highway north. About thirteen miles. 

Knott. In L.L. 158 of 6th district. Take road to southeast that passes 
Georgia Power station, keep left or due east. About seven miles. 

LaGrange. In L.L. 109 of 6th district. Intersection of railroads and 
of No. 1 and No. 14 highways. 

Liberty Hill. In L.L. 79 of 14th district. Take Mooty Bridge Road, 
and first left beyond the river, then straight ahead. About fourteen miles. 
Or McGee Bridge Road to Antioch, but do not turn left at ten miles. 

Long Cane. In L.L. 214 of 5th district. Take No. 14 highway, on 
highway two churches at crossroad. About ten miles. 

Louise. In L.L. 3 of 6th district, station on A. & W. P. Railroad. Take 
No. 14 highway northeast. About seven miles. 

Loyd Chapel. In L.L. 152 of 5th district. Take Glass bridge road, 
note church and cemetery. About seven miles. 

McGee Bridge. Also called Sterling Bridge. In L.L. 146 of 5 th dis¬ 
trict. Take No. 14 highway west to city limits; just across railroad take 
right and keep to right for all forks and turns. About six miles. 

Midway. In L.L. 121 of 14th district. McGee Bridge Road, then straight 
ahead with no turns. About thirteen miles. 

Mooty Bridge. In L.L. 263 of 12th district. Take No. 1 highway, 
take the left beyond cemetery in city limits, keep the main road straight 
ahead to river, passing Ware Crossroad. About nine miles. 

Mountville. In L.L. 202 of 7th district. Due east on Greenville Street 
the highway is No. 109. About ten miles. 

Oak Grove School. In L.L. 170 of 3rd district. Take No. 1 high¬ 
way, turn right at seven miles (Pleasant Grove); cross Flat Shoals and 
Polecat creeks and then take the first left. About fifteen miles. 

Pleasant Grove. In L.L. 86 of 4th district. Take No. 1 highway 
south, on highway. About seven miles. 

Pleasant Hill School. In L.L. 86 of 15 th district. Take road to 
Abbottsford, on the north side of road in the town. About eleven miles. 

Pyne. In L.L. 198 of 5th district, a stop on A. B. & C. Railroad. Take 
the McGee Bridge Road, and take the left at four and one-half miles at 
Tatum School. About six miles. 

Rosemont School. In L.L. 51 of 4th district. Take No. 1 highway 
south, on highway. About eight miles. 

Salem. In L.L. 40 of 4th district. Take No. 1 highway south, turn 
right at Pleasant Grove; keep right at forks, crossing Flat Shoals, Polecat, 


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and Turkey' creeks, passing Smith Mill; then keep left and straight ahead. 
About fourteen miles. 

Sterling Bridge. Also called McGee Bridge, which see. 

Tatum School. In L.L. 137 of 5th district. Take McGee Bridge Road, 
in sight of road on left. About five miles. 

Troup Factory. In L.L. 15 of 4th district. Take No. 1 highway, 
located on highway at Flat Shoals Bridge. About ten miles. 

Trimble. In L.L. 34 of 11th district, a station on A. & W. P. Railroad. 
Take No. 14 highway north, turn right from pavement about two and 
one-half miles above Hogansville. 

Union, or Jones Crossroad. In L.L. 199 of 4th district. On the 
Harris County line. Take Whitesville Road straight ahead. About thirteen 
miles. 

Vernon. In L.L. 256 of 5th district. Take road to Pyne, and straight 
ahead to overhead bridge over railroad, take road through gate just this 
side of above bridge, and keep left to river. About eight miles. 

Ware Crossroad. In L.L. 248 of 12th district. Take Mpoty Bridge 
Road to the first crossroad. About six miles. 

West Point. In L.L. 58 of 16th district, terminus of three railroads. 
Take No. 14 highway west. About sixteen miles from LaGrange. 

Whitfield Crossing. In L.L. 29 of 6th district, on highway. Take 
No. 14 highway north, first crossroad. About six miles. 


CHAPTER IX. TROUP COUNTY MILITARY 


M ILITIA. The original military plans of the State of Georgia included 
the idea of companies formed in communities. The membership of 
each company was limited to citizens of a given militia district. There are 
fourteen of such districts in the county at present, but the number of 
militia companies was probably twelve. Salem district was created in 1910 
as No. 1689, and had no company. Pool’s Mill District was created in 
18 53, and the existence of the thirteenth company in this district is doubt¬ 
ful. There was in the county a full complement of the battalion and regi¬ 
mental officers, such as Adjutants, Majors and Colonels. 

The companies were required to assemble for drill at intervals, the mini¬ 
mum of which was once each quarter of the year, and the date was called 
"Muster Day.” The roll was called and absentees summoned and punish¬ 
ments meted unless sufficient excuses were rendered. Drills were conducted 
in the school of the soldier and in the manual of arms and also included 
the use of the bayonet for such soldiers as possessed such a weapon. Many 
a huntsman appeared at muster with his own long rifle with the hexagon¬ 
shaped barrel, while others brought their short carbines, and during the 
manual of arms, a queer ragged line of long and short weapons was dis¬ 
played. Nevertheless, the American soldier of early days was ever a hunts¬ 
man, and each man was a crack shot with his own pet firearm. The drill- 
masters were chosen from the veterans of the Revolution, or of the War 
of 1812, or the Texas War of Independence of 1836. The Mexican War 
of 1848 added to the military experience of those who volunteered for that 
service, among whom may be mentioned James A. Norwood and James R. 
Gates. The manual of tactics used at the time of the Civil War was that 
of Captain Hardee, which was later replaced by that of Upton. 

Uniforms. The uniform of the commissioned officers was distinctly 
different from that of the rank and file, which difference, together with 
the bearing of side arms, made officers an easy mark for sharpshooters, and 
accounts for the relatively heavy mortality among the officers in all major 
engagements. In addition to the fatigue uniform, which was used for 
active duty, many companies boasted a dress uniform for parades and state 
occasions, and Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like some of these: 
brilliant colors, waving plumes and numerous rows of shiny brass buttons. 
The Confederate uniforms were gray, and that of the Union soldiers a dark 
blue. The World War soldiers used a khaki uniform. Swords were dis¬ 
carded, and shoulder straps and chevrons made less conspicuous during the 
World War, especially during active duty. 





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Music. In addition to the customary regimental band, in the militia 
there was the inevitable drummer and the accompanying fifers. These were 
afterwards replaced by the use of buglers in a system of calls ranging from 
reveille to tattoo and taps. Many an old soldier recalls the thrill that came 
with the ''long roll” of the snare drummer as a call to arms. The regi¬ 
mental bands were always on duty for every formal occasion from that of 
guard mount to dress parade, and frequent concerts were given to while 
away the monotonous rounds of the daily camp, or garrison life. 

Flags. Each regiment formerly carried the regimental colors with a 
suitable escort in all formal assemblies of the regiment, and at the time of 
the Civil War each company also carried its company flag in order that 
scattered squads might recognize the rallying point of their company. 

These company flags, as well as the regimental colors, made a shining 
target for the opposing artillery, and in consequence the mortality among 
the color bearers was always high in every important engagement. The use 
of conspicuous uniforms and objects were carefully avoided in the gigantic 
struggle of the World War, because they were markers for the hovering 
planes, who telegraphed to the hidden gunners the result of each salvo of 
murderous shells upon such a marked enemy. Thus the use of flags in the 
battle lines was suppressed. 

Pensions. The bloody struggle of the Civil War left many homes be¬ 
reaved and deprived of their normal support, and the Federal government 
extended pensions to such needy families, and the benefits were afterwards 
offered to all who in any way assisted in the inglorious War Between the 
States. The states of secession were stripped of all their resources, and 
then burdened with the wild orgy of reconstruction and cost of the pensions 
added thereto, but nevertheless they soon increased their slender budget to 
include a modest pension to the patriotic soldiers of the "Lost Cause” and 
their dependents. The World War, with its millions of the conscripts, 
gave an additional tax burden in a still wilder orgy of pensions. There were 
908 white and 688 colored citizens certified for the World War service in 
Troup County. 

Indian War of 1836. The antagonism between the early settlers and 
the Indians continued to grow and culminated in warfare and pitched bat¬ 
tles. In 1836 quite a panic was produced by an uprising of the Indians. 
The people of LaGrange expected momentarily to be attacked and there 
was an exodus of citizens towards the eastern part of the county. Rufus 
Broome, grandfather of Mrs. J. E. Dunson, Jr., gathered all the remaining 
women and children in the court house, and strongly barricaded it, resolving 
to protect them or die. 


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Judge Blount C. Ferrell used to tell an amusing story of a stranger in 
the town, who becoming frightened and fearing to lose his scalp, bought a 
small Indian pony on which to flee. The man weighed about three hundred 
pounds, and the poor little pony had only gone five miles when he suc¬ 
cumbed. Fortunately for him the hastily assembled militia had pursued the 
Indians across the Chattahoochee River, and soon afterward destroyed their 
village. 

Col. Julius C. Alford was commander of the battalion of cavalry, and 
Captain Robert H. Sledge with Walker Dunson as First Lieutenant are 
known to have participated in these conflicts, and it is probable that all 
the militia companies were assembled for the conflict. 

The first alarm brought into West Point, where the Indians were thickly 
settled on the west banks of the Chattahoochee, was a report by a Mr. 
Freeman, who came from Blackstone, now called Cusseta, Alabama. He 
reported all the inhabitants killed except himself. At this disquieting news, 
Major John C. Webb at once summoned every militia member in the 701st 
district to appear with arms and ammunition. Major Webb moved forward 
with his command to Blackstone, and to his amazement found the people 
all alive and the Indians quiet. 

The last act on this condition of affairs was the burning of an Indian 
village on the banks of the Chattahoochee in land lot 44 of the 16th dis¬ 
trict in reprisal by the pioneers for the continual raids and annoyances 
by the dissatisfied tribesmen. The following story is quoted from White’s 
Historical Recollections and is reprinted with some minor corrections. 

The Burnt Village. The burnt village lies six or eight miles west 
of LaGrange, in the county of Troup, on the west bank of the Chatta¬ 
hoochee River, where the great Wehadkee Creek pours its waters into that 
river. 

Previous to the year 1793, it was the great central point of the Muscogee 
nation, the crossing place of all trading and marauding parties of that 
nation on the west, where the untamed savages met to arrange and mature 
their plans for making those nocturnal attacks upon the helpless and unpro¬ 
tected settlers on the outskirts of the white settlements, by which conster¬ 
nation and dismay were spread throughout the land; and the sparse popula¬ 
tion of the country at that time, for mutual safety, was forced to concen¬ 
trate in forts, hastily thrown up on its borders; the place where the scalper 
with the crimsoned tresses of many a maid and matron, and the flaxen locks 
of the little blue-eyed boy, would pile the blood-stained trophies, and de¬ 
scribe to the half-astonished and delighted women and children of the forest 
the dying shrieks and screams of the slaughtered victims. 


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It was after one of those predatory excursions of the Creek Indians into 
the settlements of the whites (and the ashes of many a building and mur¬ 
dered family told of their prowess) that other plans of murder and plunder 
had been arranged, and the warriors of the nation had assembled at the little 
town of which we are speaking, to the number of several hundred, to cele¬ 
brate the Green Corn Dance, as was their custom, and to take the black 
drink, an ablution deemed necessary to reconcile the Great Spirit to the 
enterprise in which they were about to engage. 

A few hundred men under the command of Colonel M.. and 

Major Adams, who had volunteered and resolved to strike a blow at the 
heart of the nation, arrived within a few miles of the river, and waited for 
the setting of the sun to advance to its bank, to cross and take the enemy 
by surprise. 

Night came, and they were halted in silence on the bank of the river 
opposite the Indian town. All was hushed and still as death—not a sound 
was heard save the savage yell and war-whoop of the Indian, with occasion¬ 
ally a monotonous war-song, bursting forth amid the revelry, in which all 
ages and sexes seemed to join. The moon had begun to shed a dim light 
through piles of clouds, and the water breaking over the rocks had the 
appearance of the ghosts of the murdered whites, calling on their brethren 
upon the bank to take signal vengeance, or admonishing them of great 
danger; and many were there who heard sounds in the air—strange moan* 
ings and screams of '’Beware.” But there was among them one who was 
unappalled. The night was far spent, and the noise from the other band 
had ceased—the voice of the wearied Indian was hushed and still—all had 
sunk to rest, or the little army had been discovered. Not a sound was 
heard save the rippling of the stream; ’twas a solemn pause; but time was 
precious, the blow must be struck, or all would be lost. 

It was proposed to Colonel M. _ and Major Adams to cross 

the river and ascertain the situation of the Indians, so as to be able to lead 

their little band to certain victory. Colonel M. _ declined the 

hazardous enterprise. Major Adams resolved to go, and sought a com¬ 
panion; but he had nearly despaired of finding one who would volunteer 
to share his dangers, when a small and very feeble man, whose name was 
Hill, advanced from the ranks and proposed to accompany him. Major 
Adams and his companion set out together; but the force of the river cur¬ 
rent soon overpowered the brave Hill and swept him down the stream. 

Major Adams sprang to his relief, and at the eminent hazard of his own 
life, rescued his friend from a watery grave; with his athletic arms he 
buffeted the rapid current, and bore the exhausted Hill to the bank which 
they had left. He then set out alone. The ford which he had to pass 





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was narrow and difficult—making in a direct line across the river, nearly 
half way, opposite which was an island; it then turned down the stream 
a quarter of a mile or more, over rocks and shoals, sometimes scarcely knee 
deep, then up to the neck—and the trunks and limbs of trees, which had 
drifted upon the island, with the dim light of the moon, shining through 
the clouds, cast upon them, had the appearance of so many savages ready 
to pounce upon their victim; but with a firm step Major Adams proceeded, 
and soon reached the bank in safety. 

The town was situated on the edge of the river swamp, about 300 yards 
from the water, and so numerous and intricate were the paths leading in 
every direction from the ford into the swamp, and the darkness produced 
by the thick undergrowth was so great, that when he reached the hill, or 
dry land, he discovered by the fire around which the Indians had kept their 
revels and dance, shooting up occasionally a meteoric blaze, that he was 
far below the point at which he aimed. Bending his course cautiously along 
the margin of the swamp, he soon reached the border of the town; an Indian 
dog seemed to be the only sentinel, and after a few half growls and barkings, 
as though he had but dreamed, sank away into perfect quiet. In a few 
moments he was in the center of the town. In addition to those in the 
cabins, innumerable warriors, with their rifles and tomahawks in their arms, 
lay stretched and snoring in every direction; the earth was literally covered 
with them. 

Major Adams examined the fastenings of the cabin doors, by running 
his hand through the cracks and feeling the log of wood or the peg by 
which they were secured. He was convinced that no alarm had been given, 
and that the Indians did not suspect an enemy was so near. A huge savage, 
close to whom he was passing, raised himself upon his elbow, grasped his 
rifle, and looked around, as though he heard, or dreamed that he heard 
strange footsteps. Major Adams, perceiving him stir, threw himself down 
amidst a group of snoring Indians; the warrior, perceiving nothing unusual, 
concluded he had dreamed, and again sank into the arms of sleep. Our 
hero proceeded cautiously, examining with a military eye every point of 
attack and defense, arranged his plans, and was returning to the anxious 
army on the other bank of the river. His exertions in crossing the river 
had been great—he was tired, and perceiving an Indian pony tied to a 
sapling and believing that the little animal would pursue the ford to which 
it was accustomed, and probably show him one less difficult than that at 
which he had crossed, he resolved to ride it over the river. He did not 
see the bell which hung around its neck; frightened at his approach, it 
snapped the rope of bark with which it was fastened and scampered off 


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through the town with a hundred dogs at its heels, whose yells and the 
tingling bell produced a frightful roar through the wilderness. The chat¬ 
tering of Indian voices was heard in every direction. Major Adams sprang 
towards the river, but missed his path and found himself surrounded by 
the briers and thick undergrowth of the river swamp. The Indians passed 
within a few paces of the place where he stood, half suspended in the air 
by the briers; and returning from their fruitless search, he thought he 
heard them speak of strange sights and sounds, such as were told in Rome 
of the fall of Great Caesar. They returned to the town and again slept. 

Major Adams proceeded in a direct line to the river, glided into the 
stream and swam quietly and safely to the other bank. He told what he 
had seen and stated his plans of attack. The little army listened, amazed 
and delighted with their gallant leader; each individual felt that the danger 
to which he had exposed himself was that their danger might be lessened, 
and with one voice, when orders were given to march, declared that they 
would be led by no other commander than their own intrepid Adams. 

Colonel M. _ was forced to yield. They were led across by 

Major Adams, and it was needless to say, to victory, without the loss of a 
man. Scarcely a warrior escaped. The town was burned; but as far as 
possible, the women and children, of even savages, were saved. Posts may 
yet be seen standing in the midst of saplings, grown up where the town 
was burned, which are the only remains that serve to point out to the 
traveler the place where stood the "Burnt Village.” 

Remarks. The above account appears at the present time liberally ex¬ 
panded in accordance with poetic license, for there remains no record of 
any family that was wiped out by the blood-thirsty warriors in this county. 
There was more excitement than bloodshed in these repeated alarms. 

The location of the "Burnt Village” was about one mile below the mouth 
of Wehadkee Creek, and the site at present is a cotton patch near the river. 

Finally the Creeks gathered about them the remnants of their tribe, and 
under the escort of United States soldiers bade farewell to the haunts of 
their youth, and found a resting place in the territory that lies beyond the 
Mississippi. 

The records of some of these old militia companies have been lost or 
destroyed, and the full rosters of only two of the twelve remain intact, 
those of the LaGrange and Harrisonville districts, and these two are repro¬ 
duced after the roster of the Confederate soldiers. A partial list of a com¬ 
pany which participated in the Indian conflict, made up by the old members 
from reminiscent recollections of old citizens, is given below: 



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A Partial Roster of Captain Robert H. Sledge’s Company of J. C. 
Alford Battalion of Cavalry in the Creek Indian War of 1836. 

Julius C. Alford, Colonel of the Battalion 
William M. Marcus, Lieutenant Colonel 
Hugh J. Lester, Ensign of Battalion 


Robert H. Sledge, Captain 

Hadijah Elam, Orderly Sergeant 

Walker Dunson, First Lieutenant 

James H. Harrison, Second Sergeant 

John B. Lee, Second Lieutenant 

Wright Green, Third Sergeant 

John P. Warmack, 

, Quartermaster 

Bledsoe, Peachy 

O’Neal, Hilliard 

Bruster, Sheriff 

Lee, John B., Second Lieutenant 

Bruster, W. B. 

Riley, W. B. 

Davenport, Benedict 

Satterwhite, Elijah 

Davenport, Presley 

Scott, George E. 

Davidson, Allen 

Scott, James H. 

Dunson, Walker, First Lieutenant 

Sledge, John 

Elam, Hadijah, First Sergeant 

Sledge, Mincey 

Farrar, John 

Sledge, Robert H., Captain 

Gates, James R. 

Sledge, Shirley 

Green, Wright, Third Sergeant 

Sledge, Thomas 

Greer, Young 

Smith, Anderson S. 

Hardin, William O. 

Stockton, J. T. 

Harrison, James H., Second Sergeant 

Tankersley, Baldwin 

Harrison, J. W. 

Thornton, J. T. 

Howell, Daniel 

Vann, James 

Hughes, William C. 

Vickers, Jefferson 

Hunter, James 

Warmack, John P., Quartermaster 

Jordan, Joshua 

Weaver, David. 


LaGrange Light Guards, Co. B, 4th Reg., G. V. I., C. S. A. This com¬ 
pany was organized in 1842 under the name of LaGrange Volunteers, with 
T. C. Evans as captain, and J. S. Herring and Thomas Brown as lieutenants. 
The arms that they bore were the old flint-lock muskets. In the same year the 
state of Georgia obtained a supply of the then comparatively new Spring- 
field rifles, and the LaGrange Volunteers were able to exchange their old 
flint-locks for the new rifles. After the death of Captain Evans, Charles 
Broome succeeded to the captaincy. In 18 50 the name of the company was 
changed to LaGrange Riflemen with Milton Bacon as captain. 

On March 5, 1856, the company was reorganized and incorporated as the 
LaGrange Light Guards. E. Y. Hill was elected captain, and Abe Rogers 
and Thomas Scott as lieutenants. This company was not attached to any 
regiment, and the membership numbered from forty to fifty members. 

In 1861 the company was offered to Governor Joseph E. Brown for active 
service in behalf of the Confederacy. On April 26, 1861, they left LaGrange 


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for mobilization with Robert S. Smith as captain, Miles H. Hill, Gustavus 
A. Bull, and J. Brown Morgan as lieutenants. They enlisted first for twelve 
months, and then reenlisted for the duration of the war. 

During the war this company had three captains: Robert S. Smith, pro¬ 
moted; Miles H. Hill, resigned; and Allen C. Gibson. The lieutenants were: 
Gustavus A. Bull, killed; J. Brown Morgan, promoted; Eugenius Ware, 
killed; James A. Norwood, resigned; Robert C. Humber, retired; Allen C. 
Gibson, promoted; John T. Gay, killed; William S. Evans; and Robert B. 
Ridley. This company again tendered their services in the Spanish American 
War in 1898, but were not accepted as a unit. 

West Point Light Guards, Co. D, 4th Reg. G. V. I., C. S. A. No data 
could be found of the original organization of this company. On April 26, 
1861, this company left West Point for mobilization at Augusta, Georgia, 
with John J. Matthews as captain, and L. L. Croft, Wade Hill, William H. 
Lanier, and George F. Todd as lieutenants. The captains of this company 
were: John J. Matthews, promoted; George F. Todd, killed; Adam C. Frost, 
killed. The lieutenants were: Thomas J. Atkinson, died; William C. Cherry, 
captured; L. L. Croft, resigned; James L. Greer, captured; Wade Hill, re¬ 
signed; William W. Hulbert, captured; William H. Lanier, killed; O. D. 
Winston, resigned. 

The Evans Guards, Co. K, 13 th Reg., G. V. I., C. S. A. This company 
was named in honor of Gen. Thomas C. Evans of the Georgia militia. It 
was recruited largely from the east side of the county. It was mustered into 
service on July 8, 1861. The captains of the company were: James A. Long, 
promoted; Divany A. Kidd, killed. The lieutenants were: B. F. Curtright; 
Y. R. Frazier, wounded and captured; C. M. Heard, Jr., resigned; J. D. Hill, 
promoted; D. L. Owens. 

The Ben Hill Infantry, Co. F, 21st Reg., G. V. I., C. S. A. This com¬ 
pany was named in honor of Benjamin Harvey Hill, Confederate senator. 
The captains of this company were: John T. Boykin, resigned; Ujanirtus C. 
Allen, killed; Edward M. Henderson. The lieutenants were: James T. 
Bagby; D. Eugene Dawson, died; Oliver T. Fears, killed; Jesse B. Haralson; 
Leroy T. Waller, resigned. 

Troup Light Guards, Co. E, 41st Reg., G. V. I., C. S. A. This com¬ 
pany was sometimes called the Curtright Company. In the Army of Ten¬ 
nessee. The captains were: John C. Curtright, killed; Joseph U. Leonard. 
The lieutenants were: William W. Cato, resigned for promotion; Robert 

O. Douglas; Thomas C. Evans; William B. Johnson, promoted; William 

P. Leslie; John B. Reid; John A. Wright, killed. 

Fannin Guards, Co. B, 60th Reg., G. V. I., C. S. A. This company 
was organized by James H. Fannin, who was afterwards colonel of the 1st 


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Regiment of reserves. The captains were: Waters B. Jones, promoted; 
John McGee, wounded; John Fuller; W. Dawson Burks, killed. The lieu¬ 
tenants were: Thomas J. Caudle; John McGee, promoted. 

Ferrell Battery, Co. C, 14th Artillery, C. S. A. This company was 
organized by the captain, Coleman B. Ferrell, and named for him. The 
lieutenants were: Sidney Moses, William C. Henderson, James M. Truitt 
and Buck Osburn. The battery served in Montgomery’s battalion under 
General Roddey. 

Sallie Fannie Reid Guards. This company was equipped by Miss Sallie 
Fannie Reid, a belle of the sixties, and was commanded by Capt. Ben Cam¬ 
eron. 

Nancy Harts. During the Civil War, LaGrange had the unique dis¬ 
tinction of having a company of women soldiers, under the captaincy of 
Mrs. J. Brown Morgan, and who called themselves the Nancy Harts in 
honor of the revolutionary heroine of Georgia. This company was organ¬ 
ized by Mrs. Morgan for the protection of the homes and the children in 
the absence of the men. In 1865 when a detachment of Wilson’s raiders 
under the command of Colonel LaGrange rode through the town that bore 
his name, the Nancy Harts lined up for action, but surrendered on the 
promise of the diplomatic colonel to spare the city from looting and de¬ 
struction. 

Georgia Constitutional Guards. This organization was incorporated 
by the General Assembly of Georgia on February 6, 18 50, and was desig¬ 
nated as a cavalry troop. No records of its officers and the activities of the 
troop have been available. 

Troup Huzzars. In 1890 this troop of cavalry was organized with 
John M. Barnard as captain, S. D. White, W. J. McClure and J. E. Dunson 
as lieutenants. Captain Barnard was promoted to major of the battalion, 
and Thomas J. Thornton was elected as captain. 

Roster of Confederate Soldiers. The roster of the Confederate sol¬ 
diers, which includes the names of many Troup County citizens that served 
in widely scattered organizations, is arranged alphabetically in another later 
chapter of this history. It is not complete, but includes all that could be 
found and identified as Troup County soldiers. 

Fourth Regiment, G. V. I., C. S. A. The Fourth regiment was mus¬ 
tered into service on April 26, 1861, and mobilized at Augusta, Georgia. 
Companies B and D, the LaGrange Light Guards and the West Point Guards 
were members of this regiment. The principal dates of this regiment: 

1861, April 26. Mustered into service. 

May 3. Mobilized at Augusta, Ga. 

May 30. Arrival at Camp Jackson, Va. 


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1862, May 8. Advance to the front after one year of training. • 

May 31. Seven Pines Battle. 

June 25. King’s Schoolhouse. 

July 1. Malvern Hill. 

Sept. 17. Sharpsburg. 

Dec. 13. Fredericksburg, Va. 

1863, Feb. 9. Retirement to winter quarters at Grace Church. 

May 1. Chancellorsville, Va. 

July 2. Gettysburg, Pa. 

July 6. Williamsport, Md. 

Dec. 20. Retirement to winter quarters at Orange. 

1864, May 4. Wilderness, Va. 

May 10. Spottsylvania, Va. 

July 9 . Monocacy, Md. 

July 11. Advance on Washington, D. C. 

July 18. Snicker’s Gap, Va. 

Sept. 19. Winchester, Va. 

Sept. 22. Fisher’s Hill, Va. 

Oct. 19. Cedar Creek, Va. 

1865, Mar. 25. Fort Steadman, Va. 

April 2. Petersburg, Va. 

April 9. Appomattox, Va., the surrender. 

Thirteenth Regiment, G. V. I., C. S. A. This was the regiment of the 
Evans Guards, which was Company K of the regiment. 

1861, July 8. Mustered into service. Sent to Army of West Virginia. 

Dec. Charleston, S. C. 

1862, Whitmarsh Island, Ga. 

June 25. King’s Schoolhouse. 

All other dates the same as the Fourth Regiment. 

Twenty-First Regiment, G. V. I., C. S. A. This regiment was a part 
of the Army of Northern Virginia. The Ben Hill Infantry was Company F 
of the 21st regiment. The muster date was July 9 , 1861. 

1861, July 9. Mustered into service. 

1862, March 22. Kernstown, Va. 

June 1. Seven Pines (Fair Oaks). 

June 8. Cross Keys, Va. Strasburg, Va. 

Aug. 8. Cedar Mountain, Va. 

Aug. 30. Second Manassas. 

Sept. 15. Harper’s Ferry. 

Dec. 13. Fredericksburg, Va. 

1863, May 1. Chancellorsville, Va. 

July 1. Gettysburg, Pa. 


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1864, May 5. Wilderness, Va. 

May 15. Drewry’s Bluff, Va. 

June 3. Cold Harbor, Va. 

July 4. Monocacy, Md. 

July 22. Kernstown, Va. 

July 17. Snicker’s Gap, Va. 

Sept. 8. Winchester, Va. 

Sept. 22. Cedar Creek, Va. 

1865, March 25. Fort Steadman, Va. 

April 9. Appomattox, Va., and surrender. 

Forty-First Regiment, G. V. I., C. S. A. This regiment was a part of 
General Maney’s Brigade of Cheatham’s Division of the Army of Tennessee, 
and the Troup Light Guards as Company E of the 41st regiment. 

1862, March 4. Mustered into service. 

Oct. 6. Murfreesboro, Tenn. 

Oct. 8. Perryville, Ky. 

1863, May 16. Baker’s Creek, Miss. 

July 4. Vicksburg, Miss. Captured. 

July 6. Paroled in exchange. 

Nov. 25. Missionary Ridge, Ga. 

1864, Feb. 5. Rocky Face, Ga. 

June 18. Kennesaw Mountain, Ga. 

July 31. Jonesboro, Ga. (Atlanta). 

1865, Feb. 18. Columbia, S. C. I 

March 14. Kinston, N. C. 

April 26. Greensboro, N. C. Surrendered. 

This regiment was combined with the 43 rd and some other units to form 
the 40th Battalion, and as such surrendered at Greensboro. 

Sixtieth Regiment, G. V. I., C. S. A. This regiment was composed of 
the Fourth Battalion of Georgia and some scattered units, one of which was 
the Fannin Guards, Company B of the 60th regiment. The records of this 
regiment are very imperfect and exact dates cannot be given. 

1862, April. Mustered in service to Lawton’s Brigade. 

June 1. Seven Pines, Va. White Oak Swamp, Va. 

Aug. 30. Second Manassas. 

Dec. 13. Fredericksburg, Va. 

1863, Mary’s Heights. 

July 2. Gettysburg, Pa. 

1864, May 4. Wilderness, Va. 

Sept. 19. Winchester, Va. 

1865, April 2. Petersburg, Va. 

April 9. Appomattox, Va., and surrender. 


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Fourteenth Artillery, C. S. A. This battalion of artillery was com¬ 
posed of seven companies, among which we find Ferrell Battery as Com¬ 
pany C. It served the Army of Tennessee during the year 1862, after which 
the companies were scattered, and the battalion was not preserved as a unit. 
Ferrell Battery was attached to General Roddey in Mississippi, and afterward 
retreated by the way of Selma, Alabama. At Opelika, Alabama, one part 
of the company was sent to Columbus, Ga., and the other part was engaged 
in the battle of West Point on April 16, 1865, two of whom were killed in 
that engagement: Robert Hamlin and Henry Moore. 

Soldiers of Fort Tyler. The number of defenders of Fort Tyler has 
been variously stated in a wide range of difference, it was probably one 
hundred and twenty-one. The force consisted of young boys under the 
draft age, older men above the draft age of fifty-five years, convalescent 
soldiers on furloughs from wounds or sickness, fourteen men of Point Coupe 
Battery of Louisiana, a few of Waites South Carolina Battery, and a portion 
of Ferrell Battery under Lt. William C. Henderson. Many of them were 
without uniforms to designate them as soldiers. Some of the young boys, 
after the white flag of surrender was raised, discarded their arms, and in 
the confusion nonchalantly walked off, pretending to be merely curious on¬ 
lookers at the ceremony of surrender. Some were not in the fort, but were 
with the sharpshooters at some remote point in hiding and in that way 
escaped capture. The number taken as prisoners was stated to be sixty-four. 
The number killed was nineteen including General Tyler, and the number 
of severely wounded was twenty-eight. 

Battle of West Point. The battle of West Point was fought by a 
small body of Confederates against an overwhelming Federal force on the 
16th of April, 1865, seven days after the surrender of General Lee at Appo¬ 
mattox. 

Dr. D. D. Saunders with a small force of hospital employes, tents, and 
supplies, fled from Auburn, Alabama, to West Point before a brigade of 
Wilson’s cavalry under the command of Colonel LaGrange, who was raiding 
that section of the country. The Alabama and the Georgia railroads at 
West Point were of different gauge track, and necessitated the unloading 
and reloading of the hospital property. 

General R. C. Tyler, then on crutches from the loss of a leg at Missionary 
Ridge, was asked to take command of such forces as could be assembled 
hurriedly. 

Fort Tyler, a small earthwork erected for the protection of the bridge, 
was situated on the hill where the water reservoir now stands. General 
Tyler, his Adjutant, Lieut. L. B. McFarland of Memphis, Captain Trepanier 
of Louisiana, Captain Webb, Lieut. William C. Montgomery, Col. James H. 


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Fannin gathered together a few soldiers, hospital employes, and citizens, for 
a force to defend the fort. With a few old rusty muskets and three inferior 
cannon, they fought a picked brigade of dismounted cavalry, armed with 
repeating rifles and a battery of rifled cannon, all day long. As the day wore 
on the small cannon were disabled and the ammunition exhausted, and still 
Lieut. McFarland would not permit the white flag to be hoisted. 

When the Federal forces reached the ditch surrounding the fort, fuses were 
cut to fit the remaining shells, and they were rolled over the parapet on the 
enemy below. Finally, as the enemy came over the parapet, the small Con¬ 
federate force remaining clubbed their muskets and still fought desperately. 
Col. LaGrange, a gallant Federal officer, on finding the helpless condition 
of the defenders and no white flag, called upon them to surrender, and 
ordered his men to cease firing upon such brave men. He was utterly amazed 
to find that he had been fighting a little company of sixty-four men all day, 
and remarked, "With a corps of such men, I could whip Sherman’s whole 
army.” 

General Tyler, Captain Gonzales and seventeen others were killed. Col. 
James H. Fannin of LaGrange was the last in command. There were many 
acts of heroism recounted that day, none more illustrious than that of John 
Gallegher, an old Irish ward master, badly maimed, who wept because he 
was twice ordered out of the defending line of battle. This little force and 
these brave commanders fought the last gallant fight of that unfortunate 
four years of struggle. 

The following list contains all the names that could be secured of the one 
hundred and twenty-one men engaged on that day: 


Atkins, James, West Point 
Atkins, William, West Point 
Ayres, Kirk 

Bradfield, T. S., LaGrange 
Brooks, Thomas 
Burks, Hill, Co. B, 60th 
Cary, Henry H., LaGrange 
Caudle, Henry, Co. B, 37th 
Cherry, Thomas, West. Point 
Clark, U. Hardy, Co. E, 41st 
Cline, John, Co. B, 37th 

Coogler, - 

Cooper, John N., Co. B, 4th 
Cox, Albert H., LaGrange 

Creed, - 

Dallis, A. T. 

Dallis, Leslie W. 

Dallis, Hulbert W. 


Dansby, William F., LaGrange 
Davenport, Benjamin, Co. B, 37th 
Delmas, August 
Dozier, Charles 
Fannin, Colonel J. H., 3Jth 
Ferrell, Blount C., LaGrange 
Foster, John, wounded 
Freeman, C. C. 

Frost, Edward, West Point 
Frost, Capt. F. A., LaGrange 
Gallegher, John, West Point 
Gates, James R. 

Gonzales, Captain -, killed 

Greene, Hamilton 
Greene, Judson 
Greer, Leonard, Co. B, 37th 
Griggs, J. W., West Point 
Hall, - 






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Hamlin, Robert, Co. C., 14th, killed 

Pogue, Babe, Co. B, 37th 

Heinebaugh, Peter 

Reese, Dr. - 

Henderson, Lieutenant W. C., Co. C, 14th 

Roberts, W. B. 

Herndon, Benjamin H. 

Rutland, James 

Hill, Edward 

Schaefer, William, West Point 

Hines, Presley R. 

Shepherd, Shep, West Point 

Hunter, Absalom, Co. B, 37th 

Shepherd, Thomas 

Hunter, John T., Co. B, 37th 

Slater, W. J., Tennessee 

Johnson, James T., LaGrange 

Sledge, Shirley, Co. B, 37th 

Jones, C. C., Co. B, 37th 

Smith, John W. 

Jones, William 

Stanley, Isham, West Point 

Lanier, Cam, West Point 

Stanley, William, West Point 

Locke, Charles, 9th Tenn., wounded 

Stinson, Frank, Co. B, 37th 

McCants, Robert G., West Point 

Teaver, Thomas J. 

Marchman, G. P., Co. C, 1st, killed 

Thompson, Captain R., Co. B, 37th 

McFarland, Lieutenant L. B., Memphis, 

Thrower, M. C., Co. D, 4th, killed 

Tenn. 

Traylor, George M. 

Moore, Henry, Co. C, 14th, killed 

Trepanier, Captain - 

Moore, William, Co. B, 37th 

Tyler, General R. C., killed 

Newton, John T. 

Upchurch, Philip O., Co. B, 37th 

Orrick, Frank, Co. B, 37th 

Webb, Captain -, West Point 

Parham, Captain R. T. B. 

Whitfield, John G., Co. E, 41st 

Perry, James O. 

Woodall, S. P., Co. B, 37th 


Spanish American War. The last straw in the friction between Spain 
and the United States was the sinking of the Maine in Havana harbor on 
February 15, 1898. After the court of inquiry had determined that the 
explosion was due to a mine in the harbor, the United States Congress de¬ 
manded the withdrawal of the Spanish troops from Cuba, which was prac¬ 
tically a declaration of war. This occurred on April 20, 1898, and was fol¬ 
lowed by a call for troops on April 22, 1898, from eighteen to forty-five 
years of age. 

The Fifth Regiment of Georgia Volunteers under the command of Colo¬ 
nel John S. Candler, Lieutenant-Colonel Park Woodward, Majors W. J. 
Kendrick, Cleveland Wilcoxon and Clifford L. Smith, were called to Atlanta 
immediately and the regiment through its commanders and company officers 
volunteered for service in the above war. The LaGrange Light Guards 
under the command of William T. Herring was Company E of this regi¬ 
ment. The regiment was not accepted as a unit, but many of the officers 
were selected to form the Second Georgia Regiment. Enlistment was made 
voluntary in the new organization. 

The Second Georgia was considered as a reserve and was encamped near 
Tampa, Florida; but the Fifth Regiment of regulars was then stationed at 
Fort McPherson and was sent to the front and saw active service in Cuba. 





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The following Troup County citizens participated in this war, those in 
the regular army being designated by U. S. A. after the name: 


Anderson, -, 5th U. S. A. 

Bankston, Charles, 2nd Ga. 

Boddie, Battle, Co. F, 5 th U. S. A. 
Bruce, Hutch, 2nd Ga. 

Cameron, Alex, 2nd Ga. 

DeLoach, Lonnie, 2nd Ga. 

Evans, Thomas C., 2nd Ga. 

Fuller, Wesley, 2nd Ga. 

Gibson, R. E., 2nd Ga. 

Herring, William T., First Lieutenant 
Hearn, Samuel, Co. A, 38th U. S. A. 
Hightower, John, 2nd Ga. 

Holle, J. B., Jr., 2nd Ga. 

Holle, W. A., 2nd Ga. 

Jackson, Hugh, 2nd Ga. 

Jones, Egbert, 2nd Ga. 

McComack, Frank, 2nd Ga. 


McFarlane, Charles H., 2nd Ga. 
McGee, George A., 2nd Ga. 

Maffett, Boykin, 2nd Ga. 

Market, Emmett, 2nd Ga. 

Moore, William L., 2nd Ga. 

Parham, Benjamin, 2nd Ga. 

Perkins, W. R., 2nd Ga. 

Roberts, Clarence, 2nd Ga. 
Schirmacher, Alfred, 2nd Ga. 

Sledge, Robert, 44th Ill. 

Smith, Milton, 2nd Ga. 

Smith, Walter, 2nd Ga. 

Truitt, Arthur, 2nd Ga. 

Williams, Henry, 2nd Ga. 

Winn, Gordon, 2nd Ga. 

Wood,-, Co. B, 5 th U. S. A. 


World War Soldiers. The roster of the World War soldiers and sailors 
is given in another chapter. An effort was unsuccessfully made to secure the 
casualties of this roster, and the dates and places of service. 

Militia Rosters. The following rosters constitute the only complete 
ones found. All others existing in the county for the period near 1836 are 
missing, and the two are reproduced to show the names of those subject to 
military duty at this early date. 


Captain McGehee, G. M. D. No. 67 3, Harrisonville District 


Allen, Matthew 
Arnold, John 
Allen, John A. 
Allen, James A. 
Bailey, Jeremiah 
Bailey, Joseph 
Bailey, William 
Baley, James W. 
Barnes, Micajah R. 
Beck, Jacob 
Bird, John 
Black, Joseph 
Brooks, Julius H. 
Brown, Robert W. 
Brooks, Biving 
Bruster, Sheriff 
Bryant, Ransom R. 
Butt, Frederick A. 


Cardin, Jesse 
Cardwell, James 
Cardwell, John 
Cawsey, Absalom 
Cawsey, William 
Chapman, Berry 
Clark, John 
Cobb, Samuel B. 
Cooey, William 
Cook, Philip 
Cox, Thomas W. 
Dewberry, Giles 
Dewberry, John 
Duke, John M. 
Duke, Thomas 
Duncan, Nathaniel 
Edwards, Asa 
Evans, William G. 


Ford, Jesse 
Freel, Howell 
Fuller, David 
Furgerson, William 
Ford, Bartholomew 
Galding, Robert 
Germany, Augustus B. 
Germany, John P. 
Glenn, James, Esq. 
Goode, James S. 
Goode, Mackarness 
Gray, Thomas 
Greer, Henry 
Grice, Larry 
Harrist, Archibald M. 
Harrist, John 
Harrist, Daniel 
Harrist, Thomas M. 




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Hallsey, Benjamin L. 

McGehee, William 

Richardson, Lucian H. 

Hewston, James 

McKnight, William 

Richardson, Moses 

Hightower, Arnold 

McLain, James 

Saint John, Thomas B. 

Holderfield, John 

Matthews, Frederick 

Scroggins, Sanders J. 

Holsey, Benjamin W. 

Meacham, John 

Scroggins, Seaborn J. 

Holt, Thomas S. 

Menefee, William 

Shepherd, Benjamin, Sr. 

Horn, Joshua 

Miller, Homer P. M. 

Shepherd, John, Sr. 

Howell, Philip 

Mitcham, Hezekiah 

Shepherd, William 

Hutchins, Littleberry 

Mitcham, James 

Shepherd, Benjamin, Jr. 

Jennings, James R. 

Morton, Duke 

Skinner, David 

Jennings, Coleman 

O’Kelly, Stephen 

Smith, Frederick 

Jennings, John 

O’Neal, Bryan 

Staton, Littleton G. 

Johnson, Sankey T. 

Owen, Jeremiah 

Stinson, John 

Johnson, James F. 

Pane, Joseph 

Thomas, John R, 

Johnston, Isham 

Patterson, John, Sr. 

Thurmond, Botton 

Johnston, James 

Peavy, Hiram P. 

Timmons, John D. 

Johnston, Lindsey 

Peavy, James 

Timmons, William 

Johnston, Posey 

Peavy, James (2) 

Timmons, Zadoc 

Johnston, Samuel A. 

Peavy, James E. 

Waits, Henry 

Jones, Jefferson 

Phillips, Hardy 

Waits, Jacob 

Justice, William 

Phillips, Henry J. B. 

Walston, Benjamin B. 

Leath, William C. 

Phillips, James T. 

Wamble, Elisha 

Lee, Athanatius 

Poe, William 

Watson, Harmon 

Looser, John C. 

Pugh, John 

West, Henry 

Loran, John 

Reason, Richard A. 

Whitfield, Bryan 

Lyons, Robert 

Richardson, Jacob 

Wilkes, Osburn 

Captain Stewart 

, G. M. D. No. 65 5 , LaGrange District 

Adams, Absalom 

Crawley, Turner 

Harbuck, Henry, Sr. 

Adams, James M. 

Culberson, David H. 

Harbuck, Henry, Jr. 

Allums, Britton 

Culberson, James H. 

Harbuck, William 

Amoss, James 

Culberson, Jeremiah C. 

Hendon, Henry T. 

Barnes, William 

Curry, James 

Hicks, Jacob 

Bays, John R. 

Daniel, James L. 

Hicks, Littleberry 

Bays, Moses 

Daniel, William B. 

Hicks, Nathaniel 

Bays, Nathaniel 

Day, Stephen 

Holmes, Benjamin 

Boman, Isham 

Dennis, Peter 

Holt, William 

Boman, Larkin 

Dickson, Thomas 

Hopson, William 

Boman, Levi 

Dunn, Barney 

Horton, Jeremiah 

Boman, Robert 

Ethredge, Bryant 

Jackson, Thomas 

Boman, William 

Ethridge, Zachariah 

Jenkins, John 

Brooks, Isaac R. 

Funderburk, Washington 

Jenkins, Robert 

Brooks, John 

Furgison, Burrell 

Jennings, Robert M. 

Brooks, William 

Gibson, Churchill 

Johnson, Lewis 

Burson, Isaac C. 

Gibson, William 

Johnson, Mordecai 

Butler, Whitaker 

Glenn, James 

Jones, Willie 

Cardwell, William 

Gresham, Davis E. 

Keeth, James M. 

Collum, James 

Grizzle, Kinchen 

Kilgore, Robert 

Crawley, Bird 

Guyse, Joel 

Kilgore, William 


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Kirkland, John 
Kolb, Jonathan 
Latimer, Samuel M. 
Layton, Thomas S. 
Lewis, Henry 
Lipham, John 
McCullars, Andrew 
McPost, Lindsey 
Mays, James 
Mays, Robert 
Meadows, Simeon 
Meadows, Vincent 
Miller, John C. 
Mobley, William 
Moran, Jesse 
Moran, William J. 
Morgan, Wilson 
Norman, Jeremiah 
Pace, Noel 
Patterson, James 
Patterson, John, Jr. 
Patterson, Thomas 
Patterson, William 
Peppin, Noah 


Phipps, Thomas 
Poe, Gilbert 
Poe, Jonathan 
Poe, Solomon 
Post, John B. 

Post, Samuel B. 
Powers, James G. 
Redding, John 
Reeves, James 
Rigsby, Allen 
Rigsby, Eli 
Rigsby, Noah 
Rigsby, William, Sr. 
Rigsby, William, Jr. 
Rockmore, James M. 
Roe, David 
Salmons, John B. 
Sanders, Jordan 
Scogins, Gillam 
Scogins, Gresham 
Scogins, John W. 
Shipp, Richard 
Shipp, Ransom 
Shoemaker, Jeremiah 
Shorter, James 


Stamps, Eason 
Stanford, Joshua T. 
Stewart, James E. 
Stewart, William 
Stillwell, Jacob 
Thomas, John 
Thornton, Abel 
Treadaway, Elias 
Treadaway, Ezekiel 
Treadaway, James M. 
Trimble, Moses 
Vessels, John F. 
Waits, Samuel 
Walker, Thomas, Jr. 
Walston, Henry 
Walston, Joshua 
Walston, William 
Walston, Gillam 
Watts, George 
Watts, Jacob 
Watts, Moses 
Wilkinson, Caleb 
Wilkinson, Jeptha 
Woods, Robert 


CHAPTER X. TROUP COUNTY MINERALS 
AND ROCKS 


T HE author wishes to express his appreciation to Professor Leon P. 

Smith of Wesleyan College for his assistance in compiling this list of 
Troup County minerals and rocks. As a former resident of this county, 
he had made a detailed study of this section of our state, and it is my pleas¬ 
ure to give the readers the benefit of this study. 

Actinolite. A bright or grayish green mineral containing calcium, mag¬ 
nesium and iron in combination with silica. 

Albite. See Feldspar, Albite. 

Almandite; Garnet. Deep red crystals of silicates of iron and aluminum, 
found imbedded in trap rock. 

Amphibole; Hornblende. A silicate of calcium, magnesium and some 
other metal, such as iron, manganese, aluminum, etc. Generally black. A 
constituent of syenite, gneiss and diorite. 

Anorthitc. See Feldspar, Anorthite. 

Aquamarine. A transparent form of beryl; a gem stone of transparent 
light green. Lighter in color than the emerald. 

Asbestos. A fibrous variety of amphibole is called amianthus; and of 
serpentine is called chrysolite. Used for fire-proof clothing, theater cur¬ 
tains, roofing, and as a heat insulator. 

Augite. See Pyroxene. 

Basalt; Trap Rock. A rock of volcanic origin, composed largely of feld¬ 
spar and pyroxene, but may have other components in addition. 

Beryl. A silicate of beryllium and aluminum. Hexagonal crystals of 
green, or bluish green tint, generally opaque. 

Chalcedony. A variety of quartz of pale blue, or gray color and a waxy 
luster. Favorite mineral among Indians for arrow heads. 

Chromite. A compound of iron and chromium with oxygen. Iron-black 
with metallic luster. Mine of chromite southeast of Louise. 

Clay. The plastic hydrous silicate of aluminum, which loses combined 
water under heat and is no longer plastic. Usually colored by some metallic 
impurity. When pure is white and is called kaolin. 

Conglomerate. A consolidated mixture composed of gravel or shingle 
embedded in a matrix of finer material, generally sand. 

Corundum. A crystalline oxide of aluminum in rhombohedral crystals, 
or in masses, or in grains. Hardest mineral next to diamond. When black 
with iron in combination is called emery. Transparent crystals of corundum 
have names according to color: sapphire, blue; ruby, red; and topaz, yellow. 


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Diorite. A mixture of feldspar and hornblende, which sometimes has a 
small amount of pyroxene, sometimes quartz in small quantities. 

Feldspar, Albite. An aluminum silicate with soda. Usually white and 
a common constituent of granite and other igneous rocks. 

Feldspar, Anorthite. An aluminum silicate with calcium. A white, 
grayish, or reddish mass which fractures at oblique angles. 

Feldspar, Orthoclase. An aluminum silicate with potash. A whitish 
mass which fractures at right angles. Large dike near LaGrange airport. 

Galena. The sulphide of lead. Bluish gray cubical crystals of metallic 
luster. Found in very small quantities, though stories are current as to a 
lost mine, formerly worked by the Indians. 

Gneiss, Hornblende. A micaceous granite with a predominance of horn¬ 
blende. The presence of mica producing a tendency to split into coarse 
slabs. The hornblende produces a dark color. 

Granite. A mixture of quartz and feldspar with small quantities of mica, 
or of hornblende. The color is whitish or grayish. 

Greenstone. Any of the dark green rocks in compact form, usually an 
igneous alteration of diorite. 

Hematite, Red. An oxide of iron, whose reddish dust is identical with 
iron rust. In crystal form is dark brown and called specular iron ore. In 
earthy form is called red ocher. Colors many minerals. 

Hornblende. See Amphibole. 

Ironstone, Clay. A compact mixture of oxide or carbonate of iron with 
clay or sand. Brown or reddish brown in color. 

Jasper. See Quartz, Colored. 

Kaolin. A hydrated silicate of aluminum, which loses the water in bak¬ 
ing. The basis of pottery and earthenware. Pure white when no metallic 
salts are present to give color. 

Limonite. A ferric oxide of iron, which gives a yellowish color to the 
associated rocks. In earthy form is called bog iron ore. There is in the 
county a form resulting from changes in iron pyrite. 

Magnetite; Lodestone. The black oxide of iron, which sometimes shows 
polarity to a compass. Many small boulders of magnetite have been found 
in the county, which are perfect lodestones. 

Metals. Gold is found in minute quantities wherever quartz is abundant, 
but has not been found in quantities which would justify working. 

Iron is widespread in the county, tinging almost every mineral in the 
county, yet not in commercial quantities as far as developed. 

Aluminum is plentiful in most parts of the whole state in the form of 
clays. Reducible ores have not been exploited in the county. 


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Potassium is found in orthoclase feldspar, which is fairly abundant, and 
is capable of producing abundant potash for agricultural use. 

Chromium has been mined at the site near Louise, and the increasing use 
as a rust preventive should enhance this property. 

Magnesium is found in many combinations, especially in soapstone and 
mica, as well as in numerous other minerals. Its value is yet to be discovered 
in the existing forms in our county. 

There have been found traces of many other metals which are more or 
less rare. Among them may be mentioned: Lead, manganese, calcium, boron, 
beryllium, tantalum, tungsten, sodium, and perhaps others. 

Mica, Muscovite. A potassium aluminum silicate. Pale brown with a 
greenish tint sometimes, due to iron. Thin sheets colorless. This is the 
common sheeted mica. It has been mined in this county. 

Mica, Phlogopite. A potassium magnesium aluminum silicate. Yellow¬ 
ish brown to brownish red color. Mixed with sands in small streams, it re¬ 
sembles pyrite, but is much lighter in weight. 

Mica Schist. Schist is a rock with fine foliations or laminations, and 
when mica forms a large part of such rock, it is called mica schist. 

Onyx. A chalcedony of layers of the different colors. Used to make 
cameos and intaglios, putting one color in relief against the other. 

Orthoclase. See Feldspar, Orthoclase. 

Pegmatite. A granite with coarse grained materials. It is characterized 
by the occlusion of various unusual minerals. 

Phyllite. A schist intermediate between mica schist and slate, and has 
considerable clay as well as mica in the schist. 

Pyrite; FooPs Gold. A sulphide of iron. A common brass yellow min¬ 
eral with metallic luster. When found in sufficient quantities is used in the 
manufacture of sulphuric acid. 

Pyroxene. A constituent of granite and other igneous rocks. Dark green, 
or black, or dark blue in color. It is found in short prismatic crystals of a 
variable composition. 

Quartz, Colored; Jasper. Silica with colorings due to the presence of 
metallic elements. Fractures with a smooth surface, and is colored various 
shades of yellow and red. 

Quartz, Milky. A common form of white quartz with a variable degree 
of translucence. Crystalline or semi-crystalline in character. 

Quartz; Rock Crystal. The oxide of silicon. A transparent quartz in 
masses, or in hexagonal crystals. 

Quartz, Rose. A transparent or translucent quartz with a tint of rose, 
usually massive. Makes beautiful beads when color is deep. 


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Quartz , Smoky; Cairngorm Stone. A form of transparent quartz with a 
yellow, or with a smoky appearance. Scorched, or smoked in its appearance. 

Quartzite. An igneous rock of which the greater component is quartz 
fused with the other ingredients. 

Rutile. An oxide of titanium, which crystallizes in tetragonal form. 
Crystals often twins. Reddish brown color modified by the presence of 
iron. Occasionally found massive and uncrystallized. 

Sandstone. A rock of various colors composed of sand firmly united by 
some cement such as silica, iron oxide, or calcium carbonate. 

Semi-Opal. An opal without opalescence. A hydrous silica with variable 
refractive powers, giving a play of colors. 

Serpentine. A hydrous magnesium silicate, usually dull green with mot¬ 
tled spots. Iron adds a reddish tinge when present. 

Siderite. A carbonate of iron. A yellowish brown form of iron ore, which 
sometimes contains traces of calcium, magnesium, and manganese. 

Soapstone; Talc. Magnesium metasilicate. A mineral with a soapy feel. 
A deposit has been found east of the chromite mines at Louise. 

Syenite. A granite with a predominance of feldspar. 

Tourmaline , Black; Schorl. A silicate of boron, aluminum and some 
other metal. A black crystal with vertical striations. Sometimes found as 
massive. The material from which real jet is made. 

Trap Rock. See Basalt. 

Zircon. An orthosilicate of zirconium. Brown or grayish tetragonal 
crystals, square prisms, or in pyramids. Lustrous in appearance. 


CHAPTER XI. TROUP COUNTY TREES 


I N COMPILING a list of Troup County trees, the author has had the 
advantage of the assistance of Emil Bauer, forester, to whom the credit 
for many additions to those personally observed is herewith given. 

The list may be far from complete, but does include most of the trees 
that an amateur nature student may easily find. Orchard fruit trees have 
been purposely omitted because of the interminable variations. 

The valley of the Chattahoochee River contains many varieties brought 
from the upper reaches of the river, and some of them will not be found in 
sections distant from that stream. 

For those who wish to make a more careful and technical study of our 
trees, the following books are suggested: "Our Native Trees” by Harriet 
L. Keeler, published by Charles Scribner Sons of New York; an ideal book, 
profusely illustrated, for one without technical knowledge, for it contains 
both popular and technical distinctions and descriptions for any season of 
the year; ''Trees of Northern United States” by Austin C. Apgar, published 
by American Book Company; this book contains a larger number of varie¬ 
ties and variations, but is entirely technical in language. 

Abele Tree. See Poplar, White. 

Acacia. See Locust. 

Alder. Alnus glutinosa. A shrubby tree found near watercourses. Sim¬ 
ple nearly round serrate leaves. Identified by the strobile, or persistent cat¬ 
kin, resembling a mulberry in shape, but is dry and black and remains on 
the tree after the leaves have fallen. 

Althea; Hibiscus. Hibiscus syriacus. A widely cultivated member of 
the hibiscus family with various colors of flowers: white, pink and blue. 
The flowers resemble the hollyhock, but are not clustered. 

Angelica Tree; Hercules Club. Aralia spinosa. Frequently miscalled the 
prickly ash. Scattered prickles and leaf scars on the trunk which is bare in 
winter. Enormous leaves four feet long look like young branches, and are 
three-fold pinnately compound. The white terminal cluster of flowers 
blooms in August. 

Apple , Crab; Fragrant Crab. Pyrus coronaria. Found on every wayside 
with its fragrant rose-colored blossoms of early spring, and its thorny and 
tangled masses of branches, an extremely acid fruit. 

Arbor Vitae. See Cedar, White. 

Ash Trees. All the ash trees have bark either brownish or ashy gray. 
The leaves are compound with varying number of leaflets. The fruit is in 
panicles of samaras, or thin papery winged seed holders. 


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Ash, Blue. Fraxinus quadrangulata. Bark light gray tinged with red. 
Branchlets four angled, rusty orange changing to gray. Leaflets five to nine, 
ovate. Autumn color from brown and purple to yellow. Samaras numer¬ 
ous, y^-inch by 1 to 2 inches long. 

Ash, Green. Fraxinus lanceolata. May be readily distinguished by the 
smooth bright green branchlets. Leaflets seven to nine, darker than other 
varieties of ash, bright green on both sides. 

Ash, Mountain. Pyrus americana. Bark light gray and scaly. Leaves 
resemble the sumac, thirteen to seventeen leaflets, serrate. Pomes or berries 
green changing to red when ripe, not edible. 

Ash, Red. Fraxinus pubescens. The inner surface of bark is red. The 
branchlets are downy. Leaflets seven to nine are oblong. Samaras are slen¬ 
der and straight. 

Ash, Water; Carolina Ash. Fraxinus platycarpa. A small tree found 
along streams. Leaflets five to seven, ovate. Samaras often three-winged. 

Ash, White. Fraxinus americana. Bark gray with deep furrows. Branch- 
lets dark green changing to ashy gray. Leaflets five to nine, ovate. Samaras 
long linear. 

Aspen; Quaking Aspen. Populus tremuloides. Characterized by the 
quivering of the leaves in almost imperceptible breezes. The leaf stem is 
flat at right angles to the broadly ovate leaf. Bark greenish brown. Branch- 
lets red brown changing to light gray. 

Azalea, Wild Honeysuckle. Azalea nudiflora. The small shrub with 
clusters of white and pink, and sometimes yellow blossoms, before the leaves 
are grown. Sometimes found with rusty gourd-like seed pods, brown. 

Azalea; Swamp Honeysuckle. Azalea viscosa. Similar to above but the 
white flowers appear after the leaves. No other colors. 

Basswood. See Linden. 

Bay, Sweet; Swamp Magnolia; Small Magnolia. Magnolia glauca. Bitter 
aromatic bark. Evergreen leaves leathery like magnolia. Flowers smaller 
than magnolia, creamy white, and sometimes purple. 

Beech. Fag-us ferruginea. The smooth ashy gray bark is the favorite 
place to carve initials. Leaves resemble the elm in size and shape. The tri¬ 
angular nut is small but has fine flavor. 

Birch, Black; Sweet Birch; Mahogany Birch. Betula lenta. The aromatic 
dark brown bark with deep furrows does not curl. Ovate leaves three to 
six inches. Scaly strobiles from one to one and one-half inches. 

Birch, Red. Betula nigra. Bark curls back in thin papery plates. The 
leaves are serrate with wedge-shape bases entire. The strobiles are about one 
and one-half inches. 


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Birch, Yellow. Betula lutea. The trunk resembles the white ash, and 
the branches resemble the wild cherry. Leaves are ovate with cordate bases. 

Bladder Nut Tree. Staphylea trifoliata. A small tree of beautiful pro¬ 
portions. Trifoliate leaf, central leaflet with longer petiole. The white 
blossoms appear in May. Three-celled pod with small brown seed. 

Blackthorn. See Sloe. 

Black Gum. Nyssa sylvatica. A tough wood with interlaced fibres. 
Oval leaves which become bright red in autumn. Dark blue or black drupes, 
or berries. Favorite old time back-log for the yuletide holiday, which lasted 
until the back-log burned in two. 

Buckeye, Red. Aesculus octandra hybrida. A small shrub with leaves 
of five leaflets digitately spread. Leaves yellow in autumn. Terminal pani¬ 
cles of red flowers. Buckeyes are sometimes used as a charm against disease, 
and are carried in the pocket for that purpose. 

Button Bush. Cephalanthus occidentalis. A small bushy shrub some¬ 
times called ball willow. Numerous small creamy flowers in a round head, 
which makes the ball. Loves a damp soil. 

Buttonwood. See Sycamore. 

Catalpa; Indian Bean. Catalpa catalpa. The large cordate leaf is a fav¬ 
orite of caterpillars. Leaves in pairs or threes. Many-flowered panicle of 
white flowers. The capsule or bean from six to twenty inches in length. 

Cedar, Ground. See Juniper. 

Cedar, Red; Bavin. Juniperus virginiana. Bright red wood. Tufts of 
yellow jelly cling to twigs in rainy weather. Needles are awl-shaped. 
Branches sprawl in all directions. 

Cedar, White; Arbor Vitae. Thuja occidentalis. Needles in four rows, 
flattened as if pressed. Fruit a globular woody cone. 

Cherry, Black. Prunus serotina. Green to reddish brown branchlets. 
Bark black and rusty. Oblong leaves. Dark purple drupes in clusters. 

Cherry Laurel. See Laurel. 

Chestnut. Castanea sativa. Serrate leaves which yellow in autumn. 
Large burs with two or three nuts. Dry wood crackles when burnt. 

China Tree; Chinaberry. Melia azedarach. Small tree with compound 
leaves. The umbrella china tree with a uniform rounded top is a variety. 
The drupes are green at first turning to a pulpy yellow at maturity. They 
are excellent pop-gun ammunition when green. 

Chinquapin. Castanea pumila. A small tree resembling the chestnut, 
but with much smaller burs, containing only one acorn-like nut. 

Cucumber, Yellow. Magnolia cordata. Leaves like the magnolia are not 
evergreen, turning yellow in autumn. Flowers lemon yellow tinged with 
red. Fruit about three inches in length. 


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Custard Apple. See Papaw. 

Cypress, Bald; Southern Cypress. Taxodium distichum. One of the cone 
bearers like the pine. Peculiar conical excrescences grow up from the roots 
characterize the tree. Specimens near Salem school. 

Dogwood, Flowering. Cornus florida. Tree with opposite leaves is easily 
distinguished by the four white sepals around a small clover-like head of 
minute yellow blossoms. The alternate leafed dogwood has not been ob¬ 
served in this county. Another variety with bright red branchlets has been 
observed, but it seems not to have been listed in floras. 

Elder. Sambucus canadensis. A shrubby tree with a weak stem and a 
large pith core. Leaves compound pinnate. The white cymes of flowers in 
spring, and smooth black berries in autumn easily mark the plant. Pop-gun 
barrels from the pithy stems, and excellent wine from the berries are often 
made. 

Elder, Poison. See Sumac, Poison. 

Elder, Box. See Maple, Ash leaf. 

Elm Trees. The varieties of elms may always be distinguished by the 
differences in the crab-claw-like samaras of the seed enclosures. The au¬ 
tumn colors of all the elms are varied tints of yellow, or brown. 

Elm, Cork; Rock Elm. Ulmus racemosa. The branches have corky 
wings on the two-year old parts. Small leaves. Samaras winged all around. 

Elm, Red; Slippery Elm. Ulmus fulva. Bark red tinged. Leaves large 
and doubly serrate, asymmetric. Samaras hairy with bare margins. 

Elm, White; American Elm; Water Elm. Ulmus americana. Rough 
gray bark with no red. Green to reddish brown branchlets. Samaras with 
notch entirely closed. 

Elm, Winged; Wahoo. Ulmus alata. The corky wings on all parts of 
twigs. Samaras a long oval. Elliptical leaves. 

Euonymous, American. See Strawberry Bush. 

Fringe Tree. Chionanthus virginica. Bark a red tinged brown. The 
branchlets green shading to orange. Opposite ovate leaves. Dark blue 
drupes in small clusters. 

Hackberry; Sugarberry; Nettle Tree. Celtis occidentals. Tree similar 
to the elms, with asymmetric serrate leaves. The drupe or berry is a little 
larger than the wild cherry, palatable when ripe. 

Haw, Black; Stag Bush. Viburnum prunifolium. The black haw is with¬ 
out thorns and has a short crooked trunk. Dark blue drupes are edible 
after frost. The leaves and fruit resemble the cherry laurel. 

Haw, Scarlet. See Thorn Scarlet Fruited. 


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Hawthorn; Black Thorn. Crataegus tomentosa. Gray barked shrub with 
the branchlets similar to scarlet fruited thorn. Ovate leaves serrate except 
at base. The pomes are dull red. 

Hercules Club. See Angelica Tree. 

Hickories. The varieties of hickories are distinguished by the number of 
leaflets on the compound leaves, and by the size and shape of the nuts and 
their shells. The leaves of all varieties are yellow in autumn. 

Hickory , Mockernut. Carya tomentosa. Seven to nine leaflets. Spherical 
thick shell with a four ridged hard shell nut. 

Hickory , Pignut. Carya porcina. Five to seven leaflets. Hulls thick 
and thin, but small nuts with thin walls. Favorite food of wild hogs. 

Hickory , Shellbark; Shagbark Hickory. Carya alba. Light gray scaly 
bark, sometimes in large plates. Nuts somewhat flattened. 

Hickory , Small Mockernut. Carya microcarpa. Similar to the mocker- 
nut hickory in leaves, but the nut small and not so hard. 

Hickory , Swamp; Bitternut. Carya amara. Seven to eleven leaflets. Nuts 
resemble pecans, but are bitter to taste. Specimens found in the vicinity 
of the old Cameron Mill. 

Holly. Ilex opaca. Dioecious, that is male and female plants; only the 
staminate trees bear the red berries. Characterized by the wavy margined 
leaves with spiny points. 

Honeysuckle , Wild. See Azalea. 

Hornbeam; Blue Beech. Carpinus caroliniana. A beautiful tree similar 
to the cork elm in foliage. The fruit are clusters of halberd shaped in¬ 
volucres. The autumn colors are red, scarlet and orange. 

Hornbeam , Hop; lronwood. Ostrya virginiana. A small tree with gray 
brown bark. Leaf similar to white elm with indented veinlets. The stro¬ 
bile resembles that of the hop vine. 

Huckleberry. Gaylussacia dumosa. A very small shrub with oblong- 
obovate leaves, entire. The berries smooth and shining black. Specimens 
found on the hillsides north of Chattahoochee. 

lronwood. See Hornbeam, Hop. 

Judas Tree. See Redbud. 

Juniper; Ground Cedar. Juniperus communis. Needles in whorls of 
three at right angles to branches. Tree tends to cone shape. Berries are 
tiny green spheres with a silvery coat of bloom. The berries are used in 
the manufacture of gin. 

Laurel; Cherry Laurel. Prunus caroliniana. Small tree with evergreen 
ovate leaves. Branchlets green with tan spots. Small black drupe which 
sometimes stupefies birds. 


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Laurel, Mountain; Calico Bush; Sheepbane. Kalmia latifolia. The many 
flowered pink and white corymbs of top-shaped flowers with dark dots easily 
mark the laurel when in bloom in April or May. Specimens found on Salem 
Road and on banks of Chattahoochee. 

Linden; Basswood; Lime Tree. Tilia americana. Branchlets light gray 
shading to reddish brown. Heart shaped leaves with fine serrations. Nut¬ 
like seed attached to oblong bract by long fiber. 

Liquidamber. See Sweet Gum. 

Locust; Acacia; Black Locust; Yellow Locust. Robinia pseudacacia. Small 
tree with black thorns, sometimes branched. Seven to nine leaflets on the 
compound leaf. Flat dry brownish legume about four inches. 

Locust, Honey. Gleditschia triacanthos. Dark scaly bark with thorns. 
Leaves bi-pinnate. Pods about one foot long filled with sweet pulp between 
the seeds, dark brown. 

Magnolia, Large Flowered; Southern Evergreen Magnolia. Magnolia grandi- 
flora. Evergreen leaves, shiny above, rusty below. Large white flowers. 
Oval mass of scarlet seeds. 

Magnolia, Mountain. See Umbrella Tree. 

Magnolia, Swamp. See Bay, Sweet. 

Maple Trees. The maples are characterized by palmate leaves radiating 
in five lobes, by the brilliant autumn coloring, and by the shape of the 
key, or double samara. 

Maple, Ash Leaf; Box Elder. Negundo aceroides. This tree has the 
compound leaf of the ash and the fruit of the maple. Three to five leaflets 
and the presence of keys identify this maple. 

Maple, Mountain. Acer spicatum. Cordate base and serrate margin for 
leaves. Key is red changing to brown. Scarlet and orange in fall. 

Maple, Red; Swamp Maple; Soft Maple. Acer rubrum. Early buds and 
the branches red. Keys red. Autumn colors are scarlet and crimson. 

Maple, Silver; Soft Maple; 'White Maple. Acer dasycarpum. Leaves sil¬ 
very white on under side. Middle lobe tri-lobed. Keys with curved wings. 
Pale yellow in autumn. 

Maple, Sugar; Rock Maple. Acer saccharinum. Branchlets green. Leaves 
with cordate base. Keys green. Maple syrup made from sap. 

Mimosa; Crimson Acacia. Acacia julibrissin. Bi-pinnate leaves with eight 
to twelve pinnae, each with 25 to 30 leaflets. Flowers in clusters with the 
heads resembling crimson thistles. Legume flat. 

Mistletoe. Phoradendron flavescens. An evergreen parasite on other trees. 
Brittle stems of translucent green. Leaves pale green. White glutinous 
berries. 

Mock Orange. See Orange, Osage. 


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Mulberry, French. Callicarpa americana. A small shrub which is easily 
identified by the autumn clusters of violet berries. Easily propagated by 
seed or cuttings. 

Mulberry, Paper. Broussonetia papyrifera. Large ovate leaf of nine 
inches, underside tomentose. Wood is spongy white. Propagates freely 
from root runners. 

Mulberry, Red. Morus rubra. Leaves with cordate base and serrate 
margin, sometimes lobed. Compound drupes red to dark purple. Favorite 
fruit of boys and birds. 

Myrtle, Crape. Lagerstroemia indica. A cultivated small tree with smooth 
sycamore-like bark of olive brown. The clusters of pink, purple, or white 
flowers have a craped crumpled appearance. 

Nettle Tree. See Hackberry. 

Oak Trees. The oaks are divided into two classes: first, those with 
rounded leaves and one-year acorns; second, those with pointed leaves and 
two-year acorns. The varieties are distinguished by the size and shape of 
leaves and acorns. 

Oak, Bear; Scrub Oak. Quercus ilicifolia. Five lobed leaves with wedge 
shaped points. Very flat biennial acorns. Autumn colors are dull red or 
yellow. Resembles post oak except the bark. 

Oak, Black; Yellow Bark Oak. Quercus tinctoria. Seven pointed lobes 
with deep sinuses. Large biennial acorns with roundish cups. The autumn 
tints are dull red, or brown and yellow. Inner bark yellow. 

Oak, Black Jack; Barren Oak. Quercus nigra. Delta shaped leaves with 
three lobed point. Oblong ovate biennial acorns. Brown or yellow in 
autumn. 

Oak, Chestnut. Quercus prinus. Crenate obovate leaves similar to the 
chestnut. Long oval acorn annually. Dull yellow in autumn. 

Oak, Live. Quercus virens. An evergreen oak with oval or oblong leaves. 
Acorns in clusters of one to three. 

Oak, Pin; Swamp Spanish Oak. Quercus palustris. Leaves with five or 
seven lobes, middle pair longer. Hemispherical acorns. Autumn tints a 
deep scarlet. Pointed leaves. 

Oak, Post. Quercus minor. Leaves with five rounded lobes, middle pair 
longer. Acorn and cup together conical. Yellowish brown in autumn. 
Vertical furrows in bark. 

Oak, Red. Quercus rubra. Seven to nine pointed lobes terminating in 
a bristle. Large biennial acorn in shallow cup. Inner bark red. Autumn 
tints are yellow bronze. 


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Oak, Scarlet. Quercus coccinea. Seven to nine sharp pointed lobes with 
deep sinuses. Resembles red oak, but leaves narrower and acorns smaller. 
Scarlet autumn leaves. 

Oak, Scrub. See Oak, Bear. 

Oak, Shingle; Laurel Oak. Quercus imbricaria. Oblong or oval leaves 
similar to live oak. Acorns nearly spherical. Dark red in autumn. 

Oak, Spanish. Quercus falcata. Sprawling three to five pointed lobes. 
Globular acorns, small. Autumn tint yellow. 

Oak, Swamp White. Quercus bicolor. Loosely sinuate craped leaves with 
rounded sinuses. Large acorns on short base cup. Autumn tints a dull 
yellow. 

Oak, Water. Quercus aquatica. Concave deltoid leaves, sometimes faintly 
lobed. Small oval acorns half covered by cup. 

Oak, White. Quercus alba. Seven to nine rounded lobes with deep 
sinuses. Oblong acorns in shallow cup. Autumn tints a deep red. 

Oak, Willow. Quercus phellos. Slender willow-like leaves pointed at 
both ends. Small hemispherical acorns. Autumn tint a pale yellow. 

Oak, Yellow; Chinquapin Oak; Chestnut Oak. Quercus acuminata. Sil¬ 
ver gray bark. Leaves similar and smaller than chestnut oak. Acorn and 
cup together oval and small, light brown in color. 

Osage Orange; Mock Orange. Maclura aurantiaca. Wood orange yellow. 
Thorny branches. Fruit is a large yellow ball of united drupes with a milky 
juice. Ovate leaves about four inches long. 

Palmetto, Dwarf Fan. Chamoerops humilis. These dwarfs with fan leaves 
are found on Long Cane Creek. 

Papaw; Custard Apple. Asimina triloba. Leaves similar to sourwood 
and persimmon, larger than persimmon. An oblong kidney-shaped fruit 
about four inches long, palatable. Flowers as green as the leaves, then 
darkens to rich red. 

Paulownia, Imperial. Paulownia imperialis. A naturalized tree from 
Japan. Very large broad leaves, six to ten inches wide. Terminal panicles 
of purple flowers. Sometimes miscalled cottonwood. 

Pecan. Carya olivaeformis. A cultivated member of the hickories. Com¬ 
pound leaf with eleven or more leaflets. The nuts vary greatly in the many 
different varieties. 

Persimmon. Diospyrus virginiana. A member of the ebony family with 
the sapwood yellowish. Five inch oval leaves. The familiar yellow berry 
easily identifies the tree. A variation found has purple fruit. 

Pine Trees. The pines are identified by the number of needles in a bundle, 
and by the shape and position of the cones on a tree. 


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Pine, Loblolly; Old Field Pine. Pinus taeda. Six to ten inch needles in 
bundles of three. Long slightly concave cones. 

Pine, Long Leaf Yellow; Southern Yellow Pine. Pinus palustris. Ten to 
fifteen inch needles in threes. Long cylindrical cones. 

Pine, Pitch; Torch Pine. Pinus rigida. Three to five inch needles in 
threes, sometimes mixed with twos. Small ovate cones sometimes clustered 
in twos and threes. 

Pine, Short Leaf Yellow; Yellow Pine. Pinus echinata. Three to five 
inch needles in twos. Ovate cones not prickled near base for one-third 
of length. Cones lateral. 

Pine, White. Pinus strobus. Needles in bundles of five, which is all that 
is necessary to identify this species. 

Plum, Bullace. See Sloe. 

Plum, Wild Red or Yellow. Prunus americana. No identification is 
required, except the red and yellow drupes in early summer. 

Poplar, Lombardy. Populus dilatata. Introduced from Europe. Tall and 
slender trunk with closely hugging branches. Leaves similar to the aspen. 
Numerous suckers grow from near the base of trunk. 

Poplar, White; Abele Tree. Populus alba. Dark green leaves with a 
cottony fuzz on under side. Leaves resemble maple leaves. Roots creeping 
send up shoots on all sides. Willow-like catkins. 

Poplar, Yellow; Tulip Tree. Liriodendron tulipifera. The light gray 
trunks with greenish yellow tulip-like flowers identify the tree. Four lobed 
cordate leaf, sometimes called the "baby’s shirt.” Fruit is a light brown 
hop-like cone. 

Redbud; Judas Tree. Cercis canadensis. The heart shaped leaf, the 
bountiful mass of small purple blossoms, and the legume like a butter bean, 
are sufficient to identify this tree. 

Rose, Cherokee. Rosa laevigata. The impenetrable clumps of these roses 
with their solitary white blossoms, and the stout recurved prickles on every 
branch mark this semi-wild rose. 

Rose, Eglantine; Sweetbrier. Rosa rubiginosa. Foliage sweetly aromatic 
when crushed. Pale pinkish solitary flower with five petals. 

Rose, Pasture. Rosa humilis. Resembles the eglantine rose, but the 
foliage is not aromatic. Flowers generally solitary. 

Sassafras. Sassafras sassafras. Richly aromatic bark and root. Red brown 
bark. Leaves very variable. Root bark makes a pleasant tea. 

Savin. See Cedar, Red. 

Silverbell Tree. Halesia tetraptera. White bell-shaped flowers few in a 
cluster. Fruit a four winged dry pod, remaining until midwinter. Ovate 
leaves four to six inches long. 


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Sloe; Blackthorn; Bullace Plum. Prunus spinosa. Resembles the common 
wild plum, but the fruit ripens later in summer, and is bitter or sour, and 
never sweetens. 

Snowdrop Tree. Halesia diptera. A variation of the silverbell tree, the 
difference is that of a two winged fruit instead of four. 

Sourwood; Sorrell Tree. Oxydendrum arboreum. Leaves resemble large 
persimmon leaves. Panicles of bell-shaped flowers. Branchlets light green 
changing to reddish. Leaves scarlet in autumn. 

Stagbusb. See Haw, Black. 

Strawberry Bush; American Euonymus. Euonymus americana. A small 
shrub which is characterized by the crimson fruit remaining after the leaves 
have fallen. Similar to the evergreen euonymus berries. 

Stuartia, Virginia. Stuartia virginica. Two inch leaves elliptic-ovate. 
Globular pod. Flowers white with purple filaments and blue anthers. A 
beautiful shrub. 

Sumac, Dwarf Mountain. Rhus copallina. Interstices of compound leaves 
are winged. The fruit is a crimson hairy drupe, terminal. 

Sumac, Velvet; Staghorn Sumac. Rhus typhina. Compound leaves with 
eleven to thirty-one leaflets. Deep crimson panicles of drupes make a nice 
lemonade. Autumn colors crimson, yellow and orange. 

Sumac, Poison; Poison Dogwood. Rhus venenata. Called the most dan¬ 
gerous tree in American flora. Pinnately compound leaves with the leaflets 
entire. The berries are white or tan. The acrid juice is more painful than 
poison ivy, and takes longer to heal. 

Sweetbrier. See Rose, Eglantine. 

Sweet Gum; Liquidambar. Liquidambar styraciflua. Five lobed star pointed 
leaves. Cork winged branchlets. Spiny many-capsuled ball as fruit. Source 
of home made chewing gum. 

Sweet Shrub; Sweet Scented Shrub. Butneria florida. The familiar small 
shrub with aromatic bark and brownish purple flowers, fragrant. 

Sycamore; Buttonwood. Platanus occidentalis. Reddish brown bark peels 
off leaving almost white surface. Leaves rough to touch. Fruit is a one 
inch ball hanging from a long filament. The forest ghost. 

Syringa. Philadelphus grandiflorus. Ovate opposite leaves. Flowers white 
tubular with spreading petals, not fragrant; four parted. 

T horn, Cocks pur; Newcastle T horn. Crataegus crus-galli. Obovate leaves 
with cuneiform base. Second year branchlets thorned. Dull red pomes, 
commonly called haws. 

Thorn, Scarlet Fruited; White Thorn; Scarlet Haw. Crataegus coccinea. 
Bark light brown to ashy gray. Scarlet pomes in twos and threes. Branches 
spined. 


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Thorn, Spatulate Leaf. Crataegus spathulata. Most of the leaves are 
spatulate. The berries or pomes are small and bright red in thick clusters. 

Tulip Tree. See Poplar, Yellow. 

Tupelo; Pepperidge; Sour Gum. Nyssa sylvatica. Resembles the black 
gum in many ways. Leaves tend to cluster at ends of branches. The dried 
roots are lighter than cork. 

Umbrella Tree; Mountain Magnolia. Magnolia tripetala. The enormous 
oval oblong leaf from twelve to eighteen inches long is sufficient to identify 
this tree. Fruit a red mass of carpels. 

Wahoo. See Elm, Winged. 

Walnut, Black. Juglans nigra. Compound leaf with fifteen to twenty- 
three leaflets. Nut inclosed in a green drupe, which changes to dark drown 
dry drupe. Hulls are a source of dye for copperas jeans. 

Willow, Black. Salix nigra. Dark brown or black bark. Slender leaves. 
Catkins from one to three inches in length. 

Willow, Sandbar; Long Leaf Willow. Salix fluviatalis. Leaves six inches 
long pointed at both ends. Branchlets slender and of orange color. Catkins 
about an inch long. 

Willow, Weeping. Salix babylonica. Characterized by the slender droop¬ 
ing branches and leaves. Native of Babylon. Dioecious tree and only the 
pistillate tree in America. Propagated by cuttings. 

Witch Hazel. Hamamelis virginiana. Light brown smooth bark; inner 
bark reddish purple. White dotted orange brown branchlets. Wavy tootled 
oval leaves. Yellow brown two celled pod. 


CHAPTER XII. TROUP COUNTY BIRDS 


I N PREPARING a list of Troup County birds, advantage has been taken 
of the hobby of Paul B. Smith in the study of bird life, to whom credit 
is herewith given for his assistance. The list may be far from complete but 
those listed have been observed as nesting in this county and include some 
migrators which customarily breed in other sections of the country. 

The numeral after the several names of a given bird is the length in 
inches from the beak to the end of the tail feathers. The upper and lower 
plumage tints, the color of eggs, songs and calls, nests and the favorite 
lurking places are taken from standard works on bird life. 

Blackbird , Red 'Wing; Swamp Blackbird; Red Winged Starling.— 9/z. 
Male: black with scarlet and buff shoulders; streaked breast. Female: brown¬ 
ish black and no red. Eggs: bluish white. Song: harsh cackle and "Conk- 
eree. ,, Edges of swamps and ponds, frequently nests on ground. 

Bluebird; Blue Robin.—7. Light blue back and brownish red breast. 
Eggs: pale blue. Song: a continuous warble. Orchards and open woods; 
nests lined with grass. 

Buzzard , Turkey; vulture.—30. Brownish black plumage; naked red 
head. Eggs: dirty white spotted with brown and lavender. Nests in or 
near hollow logs and stumps. 

Cardinal Grosbeak; Crested Redbird; Virginia Nightingale.—9. Male: 
brilliant cardinal red wi^h crest; throat black. Female: brownish yellow 
shading to gray, crested. Eggs: greenish blue with reddish brown spots. 
Song: loud clear warble; call, a low chirp. Nests are frail structures of 
twigs in thickets. 

Catbird; Black Capped Thrush.—9. Dark gray with breast somewhat 
lighter in tint. Eggs: greenish blue. Song: grating rasp; also a fine singer 
in imitation of birds. Hedges and thickets; nests lined with black rootlets. 

Chat , Yellow Breasted; Polyglot Chat; Yellow Mocking Bird.—7^2- Back 
gray with yellow breast shading to white under. Eggs: white speckled with 
red brown. Song: a medley of whistles and calls; flirts tail in singing. 
Tangled thickets; nests of grass and weeds near ground. This bird is a 
ventriloquist. 

Chicadee , Carolina .—4*4. Crown, nape and throat black; upper gray; 
under a dirty white; white cheeks look like a collar. Eggs: white sparingly 
speckled with red brown. Song: "phebe;” "chic-a-dee-dee;” "dee-dee-dee.” 
Nests in hollow stumps. 

Chuck-WilVs-Widow. —12. Male: rusty brown speckled; outer half of 
wing white. Female: no white. Eggs: white blotched with lavender. Song: 


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"chuck-will’s-widow.” Nests on ground in leaves; in danger carries nest¬ 
lings in beak. 

Creeper, Brown. —5 l / 2 . Brown with ashy gray stripes; barred wings; 
lozenge mottles. Eggs: white speckled with reddish brown. Song: faint 
trill; "tseep.” Nests behind loose bark; of twigs, moss and bark. 

Crow, Common; "Corn Thief.”—16. Glossy black with violet reflections. 
Eggs: white spotted with brown. Coarse rickety nest in high tree tops. 
Two crows kill in one day birds which would destroy 100,000 insects. 

Cuckoo, Black-billed; Rain Crow.—11J4* Upper grayish brown; under 
whitish. Eggs: greenish blue. Song: repeated "cow,” sometimes "cow-uh.” 
Flat shabby nests at low elevations. Destroys tent caterpillars. 

Dove, Turtle. —12. Fawn color to bluish gray; breast reddish brown. 
Eggs: white. Song: "a-coo-o; coo-o; coo-oo; coo-o.” Nests of loose sticks 
in hedges. 

Flicker; Golden-winged Woodpecker; Clape; Yellowhammer; High-hole; 
Yarup.—13. Head and neck gray; red crescent on neck; upper golden brown 
barred with black; linings under bright yellow. Eggs: white. Songs: sev¬ 
eral; "cuk, cuk, cuk;” "quit-u.” Nests in tree and pole cavities. 

Flycatcher, Crested. —9. Dark olive or gray, crested. Eggs: buffy white 
streaked with brown. Song: repeated "wit-whit.” Nests of straw in holes 
of dead limbs. Always places a piece of snake skin in nest. 

Goldfinch, American; Wild Canary; Yellowbird; Thistle Bird.—5 1 / 4 . 
Male: bright yellow tipped with black in summer* changing to yellow olive 
in winter with drab tips. Female: brownish olive upper with yellowish 
under. Eggs: pale blue. Song: prolonged canary-like "tcheer,” and twitter¬ 
ing. Nests of fibers and grass with thistle down lining. 

Grackle, Fur pie; Crow Blackbird; Maize Thief.—12. Iridescent purple 
head and greenish back. Eggs: pale bluish gray. Song: "tshack” and a 
squeaky song. Nests of sticks and twigs in bushes. 

Hawk, Sparrow. —12. Tawney back, bluish wings, chestnut tail; seven 
blotches on head. Eggs: speckled brown on white. Nests in holes of wood¬ 
peckers or in old crow nests. 

Hummingbird, Ruby-throated. — 5/ 2 . Green iridescent plumage, male with 
red or orange breast. Eggs: white. Song: twitters and squeaks. Nest a 
beautiful network of fibers and cobwebs, moss lined. 

Indigo Bird; Indigo Bunting.— 5/ 2 . Male: indigo blue. Female: brown¬ 
ish with trace of blue. Eggs: pale bluish white. Song: canary-like warble, 
and a sharp chirp. Nests of grass in shrubs and bushes. 

Jay, Blue. 11. Slaty blue tipped with white. Eggs: pale greenish blue. 
Song: two-syllabled whistle, or harsh scream; also a mimic. Nests of twigs 


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and sticks; prefer pine trees for nests. These birds bury nuts to soften for 
opening. 

Kingbird; Tyrant Flycatcher; Bee Martin .—% l / 2 . Dark olive or gray; 
adults with concealed orange croon patch. Eggs: white speckled with brown 
red. Song: shrill "thsee.” Nests of sticks, roots, grass, string at any height. 
Watches for insects from a favorite perch. 

Kingfisher, Belted; Halcyon.—13. Upper parts slaty blue; under, white. 
Eggs: white. Song: loud and penetrating harsh rattle. Nests in tunnel 
in side of a bank. Perches near water, watching for fish. 

Kite, Swallow-tail; Hawk. Chestnut colored with swallow-like barred 
tail. Eggs: white spotted with brown. Song: a shriek not often heard. 
Nests of sticks and grass in tall trees. 

Kite, White-tailed; Hawk. Like the above except that the tail is white. 

M artin, Purple. —8. Male: rich glossy black; wings and tail duller. Fe¬ 
male: with more of brown and mottled. Eggs: dull white. Song: a grating 
warble or twitter. Nests of straw, paper, rags in bird houses or gourds. 
Enemy of crows and hawks. 

Meadowlark; Field Lark; Oldfield Lark.—10J4. Mottled brownish plum¬ 
age. Eggs: white speckled with brown. Song: "tseeu-tseer,” and a sputter¬ 
ing call. Nests in sedges on ground, partially arched over. 

Mockingbird. —10^2. Gray above; wings and tail brownish; wings white 
tipped; whitish under. Eggs: bluish green. Song: great variety of musical 
notes; a great mimic. Nests in impenetrable thickets or bushes. The un¬ 
surpassed singer; some taught to sing airs. 

Nighthawk; Nightjar; Bull Bat; Mosquito Hawk; Pisk.—10. Mottled 
brownish; white band across tail and wings. Eggs: gray and white. Song: 
nasal "peent.” Nests on bare ground, sometimes on gravel roofs in cities. 
Feeds on the wing, destroying flying insects. 

Nuthatch, White-breasted; Tree Mouse; Devil Downhead.— 6. Upper 
parts slate color; under, white. Eggs: white spotted with brown. Song: 
"yank-yank,” "ya-ya” in same tone. Nests in cavities lined with leaves 
and feathers. Climbs trees with head downward. 

Oriole, Baltimore; Golden Oriole; Firebird; Golden Robin.— 7/z . Male: 
orange and black. Female: dull yellowish and gray. Eggs: white scrawled 
with brownish black. Song: clear varied whistle and warble. Nests of 
fibers and string suspended from limbs. Place colored strings near nesting 
place and watch result. 

Oriole, Orchard; Orchard Starling.— 7/z. Male: chestnut and black. 
Female: yellowish and gray. Eggs: white, speckled and scrawled with black 
and brown. Song: rich and loud warble; a clattering call. Nest is a woven 
basket suspended from forks of limbs. 


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Owl, Barn. Characterized by the large eyes, and nocturnal habits. Eggs: 
white. Song: hoots, accompanied by snapping of the bill. Nests in holes 
of trees, on rocks, in deserted nests. 

Owl, Horned. Marked with a pointed crest, resembling horns. Eggs: 
white. Song: hoots and whoos. Nests similar to barn owl. 

Partridge; Quail; Bob White.—7. Upper, brown and black marked with 
buff; under, whitish. Eggs: white. Song: "Old Bob White.” Nests on 
ground in sedges and grasses. 

Pewee, 'Wood. — 6/ 2 . Dark olive or gray; wings longer than tail; bills 
hooked. Eggs: creamy white speckled with brown. Song: "pee-ah-wee, 
pee-wee.” Nests are moss covered. Perch on dead limbs in order to see 
better. 

Phoebe; Dusky Flycatcher; Bridge Pewee; Water Pewee.—7. Dusky olive 
brown above; crested; dingy yellowish white under. Eggs: white. Song: 
pewit, phoebe. Nests of moss and mud lined with hair, feathers, or wool. 
Builds near water. 

Robin; Red-breasted Thrush; Robin Red-breast.—10. Dull olive gray 
above; breast red; white under tail. Eggs: bluish green. Song: cheerily- 
cheer-up. Nests of mud and grass on boughs. An occasional nester here. 

Shrike, Northern; Butcher Bird; Nine Killer.—10. Slaty gray above; 
white spot on wings. Wings and throat black; light gray below. Eggs: 
grayish with spots darker gray. Song: similar to catbird with various 
whistles. Nests of twigs and grass in thorny trees. Impales their catches 
on thorns to better tear in pieces. 

Sparrow, Chipping; Chippy; Hairbird; Chipbird.— 5/ 2 . Black on neck, 
throat and back; dark red crown; some brown. Eggs: whitish thickly 
spotted with brown. Song: chip-chip-chip, repeated for several seconds. 
Nests of twigs, rootlets and lichens generally in pines. 

Sparrow, English; House Sparrow.— 6/ 4 . Male: ashy with black and 
chestnut stripes; throat black. Female: same as male but gray under. Eggs: 
whitish scratched with black. Song: a discordant twittering. Gregarious 
nests built anywhere, and of grass and leaves. 

Sparrow, Field; Field Bunting; Wood Sparrow; Bush Sparrow.— 5/ 2 . 
Chestnut streaked with black; grayish white under. Eggs: whitish marked 
with reddish brown. Song: swee-see-see-se-e-e; piping ascending whistle. 
Nests of frail grasses and weeds, lined with finer material. Builds in trees 
and sometimes on ground. 

Sparrow, Sharp-tailed Nelson. —5 / 2 . Brownish or grayish olive with black 
streak; pale buff under. Eggs: greenish white speckled with brownish spots. 
Song: a weak squeaky trill. Nests in hollows of the ground. 


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Starling. —8. Metallic green and purple. Eggs: pale blue. Song: metallic; 
flock makes ''wheelbarrow chorus.” Nests near and in and on buildings. 
A newcomer to the South. 

Swallow, Bank; Sand Martin; Sand Swallow.—5 *4. Grayish brown or 
clay color above; white below. Eggs: white. Song: a giggling twitter. 
Nests in holes in sand banks; lives there after nesting. 

Swallow, Tree; White-bellied Swallow.— 6. Lustrous dark steel green 
above; soft white below. Eggs: white. Song: twittering. Nests of grass 
lined with feathers. Lives on border of water, or in orchards. 

Swift, Chimney; Chimney Swallow; American Swift.—5 }4. Sooty black 
plumage; spines on ends of tail feathers. Eggs: white. Song: a continuous 
twittering. Nests of sticks glued to side of chimney. Gregarious; feeds 
on mosquitoes and insects. 

Tanager, Scarlet; Black-winged Redbird; Firebird.—7^2. Male: brilliant 
scarlet with black wings and tail. Female: olive green above; lighter below. 
Eggs: pale bluish green. Song: like the robin but higher; call, "chip-charr.” 

Tanager, Summer; Redbird; Smooth-headed Redbird.—7J4* Male: uni¬ 
form red. Female: yellowish green olive; orange under. Eggs: bluish green. 
Song: similar to robin. Nests of twigs and rootlets on limbs in open woods. 

Thrasher, Brown; Brown Thrush; Mavis; Brown Mockingbird.—1114. 
Rusty red brown; white bands on wings; streaked white below. Eggs: 
bluish white. Song: bright cheerful carol; whistled "wheeu.” Nests of 
twigs and rootlets in hedges and thickets. The official state bird of Georgia. 

Thrush, Hermit; Swamp Angel; Little Thrush.—7. Olive brown red¬ 
dening at tail; pale buff under. Round spots on breast. Eggs: greenish 
blue. Song: only during nesting time; similar to mockingbird. Nests near 
or on the ground in briers, bark and leaves. 

Thrush, Wood; Song Thrush; Wood Robin; Bellbird.—8. Reddish brown 
to olive at tail; breast white spotted. Breast spots are heart shaped. Eggs: 
greenish blue. Song: clear and flute like; call, "quit,” "quirt.” Nests of 
grass, weeds and some mud on horizontal limbs. 

Towhee; Chewink; Grasel; Joree.—8. Male: black with white breast; 
chestnut wings and tail. Female: brownish instead of black. Eggs: white 
with brownish spots. Song: tow-hee-e-e; call, cherink. Nests of bark, 
leaves and grass, usually on the ground. 

Vireo, Blue-headed; Solitary Vireo.— 6. Ffead bluish slate; yellow green 
sides; whitish under. Two white bars on the wing. Eggs: creamy white. 
Song: a carol of pure serene trust. Nests are woven baskets of lichens, 
fibers and bark. Spider webs are interwoven in the nests. 


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Wireo, Yellow-throated. —6. Plumage greenish; throat and breast yellow. 
Two white wing bars. Eggs: creamy or rosy white specked with brown. 
Song: a sad and persistent strain. Nests of bark, grasses and lichens over 
water. 

Warbler, Swainson. —5. Brownish above; whitish under. Eggs: white. 
Song: descending loud clear whistles. Large nests of strips of bark, roots 
and pine needles. This bird is a ventriloquist. 

Waxwing, Bohemian; Black-throated Waxwing; Silktail.—9. Drab above; 
lighter gray below; crested; black throat. Feather quills dark; two white 
wing bars; wings tipped with red. Eggs: bluish white specked with black. 
Song: softly hissed twittering. Nests of twigs and moss, lined with feathers. 
Generally nests low in pine trees. 

Whip-poor-will. —10. Mottle brownish, gray, black and white; bristles 
under bill. Eggs: pale brown, gray and lilac. Song: repeats its name at 
night. Nests on bare ground. Moth eaters; takes its food on the wing. 

Woodpecker, Downy Southern. — 6. Black and white; male with red 
neck patch; female none. Eggs: white. Song: a sharp series of "peenk.” 
Nests on bare wood in holes of trees. 

Woodpecker, Hairy. —9. Black and white with a spot of red on head. 
Eggs: white. Song: a whistled "peenk.” Nests in holes of trees in deep 
woods. 

Woodpecker, Pileated. —17. Black and white crested; red side patches 
on head. Eggs: white. Song: a two-syllabled shriek. Nests in tree holes; 
can bore a live tree. 

Woodpecker, Red-cockaded. —8 / 2 . White and black; male, scarlet side 
of head; female, none. Eggs: white. Song: a nasal "peenk.” Nests in 
holes of trees. 

Woodpecker, Red-headed; Tricolor; Red-head.— 9/ 2 . Black and white; 
head and breast red; young, gray-headed. Eggs: white. Song: a repeated 
"charr.” Nests in trees and telephone poles. 

Woodpecker, Yellow-bellied; Sapsucker.—8 / 2 . Black, white and yellow¬ 
ish above; crown and throat bright red. Eggs: white. Song: a whining 
"whee;” other calls harsh. Tree holes in deep woods are nesting places. 
They drill holes in tree bark to eat the sap. 

Wren, Carolina; Mocking Wren.— 5 l / 2 . Chestnut brown; throat whitish; 
white streak from eye to neck. Wings and tail darkly barred. Eggs: white 
specked with reddish brown. Song: a loud indescribable tinkling. Nests 
of weeds, grass and trash in brush heaps, holes and boxes. 

Wren, House. —5. Cinnamon brown; whitish under; wings and tail 
barred. Eggs: white, thickly speckled with pinkish brown. Song: loud 


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clear and enthusiastic warble. Nests of grass and weeds in crevices and 
boxes near houses. 

Wren, Short-billed Marsh .—5 %. Brown faintly streaked with white; 
black and buff tails. Wings and tail barred; white shading to buff under. 
Eggs: white. Song: not noted. Nests on sides of reeds; a globular woven 
nest with side entrance. Moves and rebuilds whenever disturbed. 


CHAPTER XIII. TRANSPORTATION 


III \ ARLY ROADS. The location of the early trails and roads are largely 
111 Q matters of supposition and conjecture. They were the trails of hunt¬ 
ers and trappers, and roads to some market for exchange of trade and supplies. 
The location of the old river ferries indicate the objective points, when one 
was traveling westerly from the already settled parts of Georgia. 

The Philpot Ferry on the northern line of the present county marks the 
road through Brown Crossroad, Harrisonville, and Hogansville, towards 
Greenville, Griffin, and Milledgeville, and eastward. 

The Mooty Ferry, now the Mooty Bridge, served the road running diago¬ 
nally across the county through Ware Crossroad, LaGrange, Pleasant Grove, 
Troup Factory, Chipley, King’s Gap, and on in the direction of Columbus. 

The Hawthorn Ferry, north of the island and afterward at the south 
point of the island above Sterling Bridge, now called McGee Bridge, was 
the road from Antioch, Cameron Mill, LaGrange, and Mountville, eastward. 

The Vernon Ferry was formerly just above the bridge of the A. B. & C. 
Railroad, and was moved later, on the abandonment of the town of Vernon, 
to Hairston Ferry near the present Glass Bridge. 

The West Point Ferry was in the heart of the town, and accommodated 
the roads to LaGrange, Chipley and Columbus, and was the crossing place 
of roads extending into Alabama. 

Nearly all the above roads were probably the trails which the Creeks 
used in reaching their capital, Indian Springs. But the roads running north 
and south were probably laid out by the white settlers, for the road to 
Whitesville is along land lot line a greater part of the way. 

In laying out the old roads, steepness of grade received little consideration, 
for ridges and divides were sought for the drainage they afforded, and the 
crests of hills were vantage points in locating distant landmarks. The only 
other consideration was to seek approaches to streams where fordable bot¬ 
toms were found, or for easy bridging secure from floods. The treatment 
of unavoidable marshes and bogs was to heap the road with stones, where 
small in extent, and for long stretches to corduroy the road with closely 
laid poles transverse the road. 

The trails were widened into roads for the convenience of wheeled traffic 
to replace pack animals with panniers. The long established width was 
thirty feet including such ditches as nature and the annual road working 
supplied. 

Vehicles. The commerce of the early days was carried in huge Cones¬ 
toga wagons with canvas or hide covers. They were drawn by slow moving 
oxen, or by mules and horses in teams of two, four, or six to each wagon. 


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The travel was in caravans for mutual protection, camping by the roadside 
at night. The old teamsters were unmindful of sanitation and germs, but 
ever alert to the howl of wolves, the growl of angry or hungry bears, or 
the war-whoop of unfriendly Indians. The travel of business men and 
pleasure seekers for short distances was on horseback, gig, or in the family 
carriages; for the longer distances, the public stage coaches were used. 

Mrs. J. H.. Traylor described a trip with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles 
Cabiniss, from Henry County, Virginia, to Georgia in October of 1827. 
They came in a carriage with outriders, and their possessions followed in 
covered wagons. They met with great hospitality on the road, not the 
least of which was offered by an Indian chief, whose log house looked down 
on the waters of the Chattahoochee River. In the early days there were 
many handsome carriages, some of which were lined with heavy satin or 
velvet, and often cost a thousand dollars. They were drawn by thorough¬ 
bred horses, and driven by liveried negro coachmen. 

Stage Coaches. As the population increased, stage coach lines were 
organized, and they were well patronized. The most popular line passing 
through the county was the Montgomery and Griffin line, a division of a 
transcontinental system. These coaches passed through Mountville, near 
which there was a relay station for fresh horses. David Beaman, a New 
England man, was the owner of this line, and he owned a house for his 
hostler, and stables for his horses on a creek near the Boddie home. 

The coming and going of the stage coach always elicited the greatest 
interest from the communities through which the coach passed, as it was 
the one contact with the outside world. Railroads and telegraphs were 
not yet used as mediums of communication. 

Two Texas girls planned to come to LaGrange College, then operated by 
the Montgomery brothers, and mistaking the meaning of the word, "Com¬ 
mencement,” for the beginning of the term, came nearly all the long trip 
by stage coach. Discovering their mistake, they decided that it was too 
long and too hazardous a journey to return, so they remained the entire 
four years until their graduation before returning to their homes. Many 
of the older citizens remember Bob Griffin, who was one of the best and 
the last of the old stage coach drivers in this vicinity. 

Mrs. Benjamin H. Hill gives an interesting description of her bridal tour 
in 1845. Mr. Hill and Miss Emily Moore of Athens were engaged for three 
years before their marriage. He spent those three years in LaGrange studying 
law with William Dougherty, and was finally admitted to the bar in the 
summer of 1845. They were married November 18, 1845, and started on 
their trip from Athens to Long Cane, Troup County, Georgia, where his 
father, John Hill lived as a successful farmer. The bride and the groom 


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went from Athens to Union Point in a horse car, drawn by two horses 
hitched tandem. At Union Point they boarded the Georgia Railroad train 
for the city of Atlanta. Here after several hours of delay they took the 
stage coach for Long Cane, stopping every ten miles for a relay of horses. 
It required as long to go from Athens to Long Cane, as it now does to 
reach New York. Mrs. Hill continues the narrative by saying that it was 
a freezing cold night, and on account of the delay of the stage coach, they 
did not drive the coach to the house, which was a short distance from the 
road, so they walked, piloted by a tall negro holding aloft a torch to light 
the way. A great glowing fire welcomed them within doors, and warm 
hearts took the young bride and groom into their tenderest affection. 

Chattahoochee River. About 1831 the Chattahoochee River began 
to attract attention, and Colonel Reuben Thornton, a wealthy and enter¬ 
prising citizen of West Point, ran barges and flat boats from West Point up 
the river to a point called Standing Peachtree, which is in DeKalb County, 
transporting produce, most of which was sold at this point. He took one 
load of flour over the shoals at Columbus, but could not get his boat back, 
consequently had to haul his load of sugar, salt, and coffee, to West Point 
by wagons. After building new boats, he took his cargo on to Standing 
Peachtree in the boats, and from thence it was wagoned to East Tennessee 
markets. The merchants of LaGrange and West Point bought their goods 
in the markets of Augusta, Savannah, or Charleston, and as there was no 
other means of transportation, they were carried in wagons. These wagons 
crossed the intervening rivers on flat boats, and it is a significant fact that 
no serious accident ever occurred. In 1838, Daniel Duncan and J. M. 
Harrington ran boats from Heard County to West Point. They brought 
all the material used in building the toll bridge at West Point, and materials 
for many other structures. 

Atlanta and LaGrange Railroad. Incorporated December 27, 1847, 
with the following incorporators, many of which were Troup County citi¬ 
zens: B. H. Conyers, Andrew J. Berry, John Griffin, Brittain Sims, Sr., 
Hugh Brewster, John Ray, John H. Johnson, Willis P. Menifee, Littleberry 
Watts, Joel W. Terrell, J. V. Davis, Thomas W. Bolton, Joseph Poythress, 
Henry West, Edward Y. Hill, R. A. T. Ridley, John Douglas, William Reid, 
and James M. Beall. The charter was amended December 14, 1849, to give 
the power to extend the road to the Alabama line at or near West Point. 
The building of this railroad excited great interest in the surrounding county, 
and the day the first train came in to LaGrange, all the citizens of the town 
and the countryside flocked in to see it. The first engine was named "E. Y. 
Hill,” and the first engineer was Oliver Park. The railroad was completed 


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to West Point in March, 1854; the railroad bridge was built in 18 53 and 
18 54. George H. Winston supplied the stone for the piers. 

On December 22, 18 57, the name was changed to the present name of 
Atlanta and West Point Railroad. The old car shed was built in 18 57-58, 
with Daniel H. Cram as architect. The bridge and the depots were destroyed 
by Colonel LaGrange, commanding the Federal troops that captured Fort 
Tyler in 1865. They were rebuilt in 1866 by Colonel Grant and son. 

The original terminal of the Atlanta and West Point Railroad was located 
where the No. 14 Highway crosses the present railroad in entering West 
Point from LaGrange. 

Montgomery and West Point Railroad. Incorporated in Georgia on 
December 26, 1837, it was completed to West Point in July, 18 51. The 
first engine from Montgomery to run through to West Point was named 
the "General Winfield Scott.” This railroad is now called the Western 
Railway of Alabama, and together with the Atlanta and West Point operates 
as a unit from Atlanta to Montgomery. 

Atlanta and West Point Railroad. This railroad as described above 
is a component part of the fast railway mail service between New York 
and New Orleans. The stations on this road in Troup County are as follows: 

Trimble_5 5 miles from Atlanta_Flag station 

Hogansville-58 miles from Atlanta_R. B. Briscoe, Agent 

Louise_64 miles from Atlanta_Flag Station 

LaGrange-71 miles from Atlanta..P. E. Redding, Agent 

Gabbettville_80 miles from Atlanta.Flag Station 

West Point_87 miles from Atlanta_I. H. Weaver, Agent 

Macon and Birmingham Railroad. Incorporated December 27, 1886, 
by Benjamin H. Bigham, Robert S. McFarlin, Elisha D. Pitman, and William 
C. Yancey, under the name and title of Macon, LaGrange and Birmingham 
Railroad. A new charter was granted September 9, 1889, under the name 
of Macon and Birmingham, and this charter amended as to route November 
7, 1889, and November 12, 1889. It was completed in 1891 from LaGrange 
to Sofkee, near Macon. This road proved unable to earn a livelihood, and 
the greater part, of it was abandoned in 1925. However, parts of it are in 
operation as parts of other systems. 

North and South Railroad. Incorporated October 24, 1870, to run 
from LaGrange to Rome through Carrollton. The following were the Troup 
County incorporators: Benjamin H. Bigham, W. O. Tuggle, H. H. Huntley, 
C. W. Mabry, R. A. T. Ridley, John R. Broome, B. C. Ferrell, F. A. Frost. 
In the LaGrange Reporter of July 5, 1872: "The present status of the 
company is over forty miles of heavy road graded, the iron laid on over 
six miles, with train running and materials on hand to complete fifteen 










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miles more.” This road was graded from LaGrange to a point beyond the 
Mooty Bridge and into Heard County. Further efforts were made to com¬ 
plete this line, when the rights of the Columbus and Northern Railroad 
were purchased October 15, 188 5, by R. S. McFarlin, and a new corporation 
of the LaGrange North and South Railroad chartered with the following 
subscribers: R. S. McFarlin, W. V. Gray, Thomas S. Bradfield, Henry E. 
Ware, B. C. Ferrell, John J. Swain, James G. Truitt, Henry C. Butler, Wil¬ 
liam C. Yancey, O. A. Dunson, Edwin R. Bradfield, Alfred Truitt, Thomas 
J. Howell, Enoch Callaway, Louis J. Render, F. M. Ridley, Elisha D. Pitman, 

I. F. Cox, John R. Broome, Benjamin H. Bigham, Francis M. Longley, 
William J. McClure, and A. D. Abraham and associates. The road was not 
completed. 

LaGrange and Troup Factory Railroad. Incorporated December 22, 
18 57, by Thomas Leslie, Jesse McLendon, Thomas J. Thornton, Thomas C. 
Evans, Orville A. Bull, John W. McGehee, and James M. Flowers. Never 
built. 

LaGrange and Oxford (Ala.) Railroad. Incorporated March 5, 1856. 
Five miles were to be built in two years, and the whole to be finished in 
six years. No evidence of any accomplishment. 

LaGrange and Barnesville Railroad. Incorporated December 15, 
1871, by Jesse McLendon, F. A. Frost, S. W. Swanson, A. D. Abraham, 
John N. Cooper, Isaac Wise, George V. Boddie, B. B. Amoss, Thomas S. 
Bradfield, Thomas C. Miller, B. C. Ferrell, B. H. Bigham, J. H. Fannin, 
W. O. Tuggle, William C. Jarboe, C. W. Mabry, J. E. Toole, H. R. Harris, 
M. Reeves, J. E. G. Ferrell, John A. Simonton, James W. Banning, Obediah 
Warren, J. P. Atkinson, M. B. Lovett, J. Banning, James M. C. Robinson, 
Thomas C. Leslie, J. R. Broome, Godfrey Kener, John H. Mitchell, David 
Freeman, William E. Murphey, A. Stafford, and R. J. Powell. No construc¬ 
tion. 

Griffin, LaGrange and Western Railroad. Incorporated December 
27, 1886, by W. E. H. Searcy and T. D. Rockwell of Spaulding County; 

J. W. Sullivan of Meriwether County, and James G. Truitt of Troup County. 
The name was changed September 22, 1887, to Birmingham and Atlantic 
Airline Railroad. No construction. 

Brunswick, LaGrange and Northwestern Railroad. Chartered De¬ 
cember 21, 1893, with the provision that the charter be forfeited unless 
five miles of road are built within five years. Forfeited. 

Atlanta, Birmingham and Coast Railroad. The records of incor¬ 
poration of the original company, The Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic 
Railroad, were not available. On March 24, 1905, a committee of LaGrange 
citizens, Hatton Lovejoy, E. B. Clark, F. E. Callaway, J. G. Truitt, and 


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Roy Dallis, arranged a banquet to entertain George Dole Wadley, vice- 
president, and Alex Bonnyman, chief of construction, of the railroad. The 
purpose of the meeting was to insure the routing of the road through 
LaGrange to the Birmingham terminus, and the effort succeeded. The road 
made a direct route to the Alabama coal fields and iron and steel mills, and 
gave promise of increased trade with our sister state. After the many 
physical difficulties were overcome, there were financial troubles. All the 
stations in Troup County are flag stations with the exception of the LaGrange 
station. The stations are: Big Springs, Knott, LaGrange, Pyne, and Abotts- 
ford. The LaGrange agent is W. M. Fincher. 

Chattahoochee Valley Railroad. This road is located in Alabama 
with the exception of the passage through the city of West Point. It is a 
potent factor in the development of the Chattahoochee valley on the Ala¬ 
bama side of that stream, and is the outlet for the products of the plants 
of the West Point Manufacturing Company. 

County Highways. Nothing has been more conducive to the growth 
and development of Troup County than the system of good roads, which 
has been evolved from the muddy, and sometimes impassable, roads of even 
fifteen years ago. The Troup County Commissioners have been active in 
sponsoring good roads, and as a result of this activity, the county now has 
thirty-seven miles of concrete paving, and one thousand and thirty miles 
of topsoiled roads. The convicts housed at the model stockade on the 
road to Chipley, just beyond Long Cane Creek, are used to keep the roads 
in the most excellent condition. Number 1 Highway which passes through 
LaGrange from Franklin southeast to Chipley and Columbus, and number 
14 Highway from Trimble to West Point are state highways and are main¬ 
tained by the state department. 


CHAPTER XIV. PUBLIC UTILITIES 


W ESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH. Telegraphic facilities came to 
Troup County soon after the establishment and operation of the 
Atlanta and LaGrange Railroad in the early eighteen fifties. 

The location of the office was at first in the old depot, the present freight 
office, from which place it was removed to the second floor of the Truitt 
Building and as late as 1908 had only three wire lines in the LaGrange 
office. It was afterwards moved to the rear of the National Bank Build¬ 
ing, and in 1929 moved to the present office on Bull Street. 

Among the operators of the LaGrange office are noted the names of Wil¬ 
liam Speer, Ed Dansby, Mrs. May Dennis Heard, Miss Ruby Medlock, Mr. 
Sanford, and the present manager, Mrs. Clyde McLaney Jones, who has held 
her post since 1908. This station also has a branch office at the Southwest 
LaGrange community located in the Callaway Mills General Offices under 
the management of Miss Lucy McLaney. 

The West Point office was established at about the same time as the La¬ 
Grange office and is under the efficient management of Mrs. Walters. 

The Hogansville office established at a later date is under the management 
of Mrs. Mary John Briscoe. Other communities of the county are reached 
through telephone, as the railroad operators do not accept commercial mes¬ 
sages. 

The present wire service (1933) consists of six wire circuits with a total 
of about twenty available in an emergency, but which merely relay through 
the LaGrange office and can be switched into active service from that office, 
and about the same number in the West Point office. 

Postal Telegraph Co. This company is a newcomer to our county, 
and opened the LaGrange office on September 24, 1929, under the manage¬ 
ment of Olin W. Alexander. This company can furnish typewriter exten¬ 
sion to remote points, which automatically receives and transmits messages 
through the parent office. The only other office of this company in Troup 
County is located at West Point, where similar facilities are offered, and is 
under the management of Mrs. Roy Pirkle. 

Commercial Telephone Co. The first commercial telephone of the 
county was operated by the above company, chartered May 5, 1892, by J. 
F. Askew, C. V. Truitt and T. C. Lane. The charter specified the line 
from Newnan to West Point, and was operated as a toll line connecting the 
intermediate points, but was abandoned after the Southern Bell entered 
LaGrange. 

LaGrange Telephone Exchange. This pioneer exchange was built in 
1894 by W. W. Milam and his son, W. R. Milam, and commenced operation 


Public Utilities 


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with only twenty-eight subscribers in an office over the old Bank of La- 
Grange on Main Street. In 1900 the exchange was moved to the residence 
of W. W. Milam at 203 Greenville Street with two hundred subscribers. In 
1906 it was moved to an office over Davis Pharmacy with four hundred 
twenty-five subscribers. In 1895 a toll line of Southern Bell entered the 
exchange for the convenience of subscribers in long distance calls. In 1909 
the exchange was sold to the Southern Bell by the Milam family. The 
county and LaGrange in particular are indebted to this family for the effi¬ 
cient service they rendered in this pioneer enterprise. 

West Point Telephone and Electric Co. This exchange was char¬ 
tered on November 7, 1896, by W. A. and J. T. Robinson. It furnishes the 
telephonic communication for the thriving city of West Point and its Ala¬ 
bama neighbor of Lanett. This exchange has Southern Bell connections, 
but continues to remain a separate corporation. It is under the manage¬ 
ment of J. Smith Lanier and has been for many years. 

Hogansville Telephone Co. This exchange was chartered on May 6, 
1902, by J. C. Wilkinson, M. K. Word and A. R. Arnold, and continued to 
operate until 1909 when it was purchased by the Southern Bell and made a 
part of that great system. 

Big Springs Telephone Co. This exchange was built by Eldredge 
Jones in 1907 and reaches the communities of Mountville, Salem, Odessadale 
and Stovall. It is owned and operated by Grady Jones with about twenty 
subscribers since 1915 after the death of Eldredge Jones. 

Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Co. This great com¬ 
pany bought the LaGrange and Hogansville exchanges in 1909 and has oper¬ 
ated long distance lines since 1895. It has about sixteen hundred phones in 
the county and numerous trunk lines for long distance use. Telephones 
were formerly neighborhood means of communication, but one can now 
speak to the ends of the world in combination of wired and radio phones. 

Railway Express Agency. The original company, which operated in 
this county for parcel delivery, was the Southern Express Company. It 
was organized soon after the Civil War, and operated under the same name 
until July, 1918, when the Federal government assumed control under the 
title of American Railway Express. In March, 1930, the railroads pur¬ 
chased the business, and since that time, the company has operated as the 
Railway Express Agency. The names of John M. Barnard, Philip G. Awtry, 
and Ed Dansby are associated with the old Southern Express Company. The 
present agent of the Railway Express Agency is J. W. Short. 

Georgia Power Company. The Columbus Power Company entered 
LaGrange and West Point in 1911 on 66KVA lines and furnished light and 
power to LaGrange, West Point, and Hogansville. The city of LaGrange 


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operated a municipal electric plant, which they still own, but the power 
company offered current cheaper than could be produced by the city. A 
connection was made with the Georgia Power Company, and a shortage of 
one company was supplemented by the excess of the other. In 1923 the 
voltage of the transmission lines was raised to 11OKVA to the various power 
stations and there transformed to 11,000 volts, or 11KVA, to be carried 
to the individual power houses of customers, and there reduced to 5 50 or 
220 volts for power, and 110 volts for lighting purposes. In 1930, on July 
1, the Georgia Power Company acquired the properties of the Columbus 
Power Company, and this county has been very efficiently served by this 
company since that time. The West Point station is under the jurisdiction 
of the Alabama Power Company, which serves the valley industrial plants. 
The LaGrange station has for its efficient master, W. H. Tillery, and the 
Hogansville station, W. A. Mann. The Maintenance Department is under 
the supervision of L. L. Estes for the Troup County customers, and the well- 
kept stations and lines bespeak his knowledge and efficiency. Not least 
among these genial officials is the foreman of the lines, I. I. West, who has 
the dangerous task of handling 110KVA lines, sometimes with a full cur¬ 
rent flow, or hot as the boys say. 

The Railroads. The railroads are classified as Public Utilities, but have 
been treated in the chapter on Transportation. 


CHAPTER XV. TROUP COUNTY TEXTILE 
INDUSTRY 


R OBERTSON WOOLEN MILL. Built in 1847; located in land lot 
78 of the 4th district. At some time prior to 1847, there came from 
Scotland to Troup County Robert Robertson, who bought from Tames 
O’Neal a site a short distance west of the Smith Mill on the Salem Road, 
and established thereon the first textile plant of the county, which was 
known as the Robertson Woolen Mill. From far and near the patrons 
brought their bags of wool for cleaning and carding. It was returned to 
them in long rolls or balls ready for the home spinner or weaver. The suc¬ 
cess of this mill inspired the next textile venture in a district purely agri¬ 
cultural. 

Troup Factory. Built in 1845, and adapted to cotton manufacture in 
1848; located on land lot 15 of the 4th district. This plant was built by 
Robertson, Leslie and Company, a firm composed of J. L. C. Robertson, 
Thomas Leslie, and a Mr. Beaman, as a gristmill in 1845, and was converted 
into a cotton mill in 1848, being the second such plant in Georgia, and it 
continued to operate as such for more than a half century. Troup Factory 
sheetings and homespuns were standards of excellence in a widespread area 
of Georgia, and their use is within the memory of many present day citizens. 
Charles H. Griffin was an active factor in the management of this plant 
in the early nineties. It was originally located on Flat Shoals Creek on the 
Columbus Road or the Georgia No. 1 Highway, but was moved to Greenville 
Street in LaGrange in 1902. 

The business of the plant was so great that on December 22, 18 57, a rail¬ 
road was incorporated for the purpose of handling the products, which was 
called the LaGrange and Troup Factory Railroad. Disturbances due to the 
impending Civil War prevented its building. The name was changed after 
the removal of the plant to LaGrange to that of Park Cotton Mills, and its 
products were limited to yarn. This mill is now one of the things past and 
gone with only a few of its walls standing to mark the spot. 

LaGrange Mills. Built in 1888, and located on land lots 108 and 109 
of the 6th district. The LaGrange Oil and Manufacturing Company was 
chartered on August 6, 1883, and its incorporators numbered most of the 
business and professional men of the little town of LaGrange: L. J. Render, 
A. N. Davenport, J. M. Barnard, J. G. Truitt, J. P. Thornton, H. C. Butler, 
W. O. Tuggle, S. P. Smith, F. M. Longley, M. L. Fleming, J. C. Forbes, 
T. J. Harwell, H. H. Cary, E. D. Williams, G. A. Speer, Flenry Banks, 
W. V. Gray, A. R. Phillips, T. H. Whitaker, Louis Mayer, J. G. Whitfield, 
E. R. Bradfield, I. F. Cox, J. R. Broome, James Ellis, T. S. Bradfield, A. P. 


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Jones, Enoch Callaway, J. T. Perry, J. W. Harrison, F. M. Ridley, W. C. 
Yancey, and T. C. Crenshaw. 

This plant was erected for the extraction of cotton seed oil, but also 
operated a large public ginnery. In 1888, the charter was amended so as 
to include the manufacture of cotton textiles in addition to the oil plant, 
and the name was changed to LaGrange Mills. The building of the cotton 
mill plant was a great event in Troup County; the first giant Corliss engine, 
the curious machines for cotton manipulation, the first electric dynamo for 
the lighting of the mill, the monumental smokestack, were a succession of 
marvels to the curious bystanders of that day. 

In March of 1890, the charter was again amended so as to permit the 
LaGrange Mills to construct electric pole lines in the city and to furnish 
current for the same. There immediately followed the construction of an 
arc circuit for lighting the city streets, to which was added an incandescent 
circuit of direct current for the benefit of mercantile establishments. These 
lines were extended to furnish lights for the Southern and the LaGrange 
Female colleges in the same year. The use of meters was unknown and the 
rate was a flat fifty cents per month for each sixteen candle power light. 
Lighting for residences was not yet accomplished. 

The prosperity of LaGrange Mills induced the Consolidated Cotton Duck 
Corporation to make the stockholders a very tempting offer, which was 
accepted on November 28, 1905. In 1913, this corporation in turn sold 
to Lockwood, Green and Company of Boston, who changed the name to 
International Cotton Mills, LaGrange Mills Division, the corporate name 
shared by Canadian, New England and the southern plants owned by them. 
In the regrouping of the above-named plants, the name was again changed 
to the New England Southern Mills, LaGrange Mills Division. 

The financial collapse of the owners and the pressure from the creditor 
banks of Boston and New York forced the sale of their southern properties, 
and again LaGrange Mills became the property of local stockholders, and 
was renamed LaGrange Calumet Mills, and in the year 1932 became a unit 
of the Callaway Mills in the consolidation of the various corporations under 
that name. But in the minds, thoughts and speech of the old employes, 
it is named "The Old Mill.” The names of John M. Barnard, manager; 
George W. Murphy, superintendent; George Mitchell, electrician, will always 
be associated with the success in the operation of this mill. 

Among the superintendents of this plant under the various owners are 
noted the following names: George W. Murphy, William Reid, John Tur- 
nipseed, Eugene Stevens, W. H. Dickinson, John A. Baugh, afterwards man¬ 
ager; Forest B. Gardner, and B. W. Robinson. 


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Dixie Cotton Mills. Built in 1895, located on Greenville Street in 
LaGrange in land lot 107 of the 6th district. This mill was incorporated 
on September 26, 1895, and the following names appear on the charter: 
Samuel Hale, James G. Truitt, Blount C. Ferrell, Francis M. Longley, of 
LaGrange; W. N. Weeks of New York; J. T. Cressey of New Hampshire; 
Thomas P. Ivey of Atlanta. Many investors of the local commercial world 
afterwards joined their forces to the above. At first the plant was not an 
entire success, because of poor equipment, much of which was out of date 
in cotton manufacture. It is curious to note that in the original plans 
for buildings and the layouts for machinery no provision was made for a 
power plant to operate the mill. Provision for this oversight and for the 
replacement of much of the antiquated machinery placed a handicap on 
this plant in the form of excessive debt; nevertheless, under the skillful 
management of O. A. Dunson, it continued to operate until forced to sell 
by the mortgagor on October 17, 1917, when the plant passed into the 
possession of Wellington-Sears Company, and at this date is a unit in their 
chain of mills. This plant is the pioneer in this county for the manufacture 
of lightweight cotton fabrics, eight ounces to the yard being the heaviest 
goods made in this plant. Among the names of the superintendents of this 
plant are noted the following: DeGroat, Magraw, W. S. Dunson, Jack 
Donaldson, J. J. Ward, A. Culberson, George W. Murphy, Jr., Albert Leh¬ 
mann; and the names of Samuel Hale, L. J. Render and O. A. Dunson as 
the managers of the plant. 

Hogansville Manufacturing Company. Built in Hogansville in 1899, 
and located in land lot 96 of the 11th district. This plant was chartered 
on July 11, 1899, by E. H. Thornton, and R. J. Lowry of Atlanta; and 
Frank Word, Judson F. Mobley, and J. F. Askew of Hogansville. The his¬ 
tory of this plant from the above date is the same as that of the LaGrange 
Mills, as it was sold to the same corporation and afterwards was included 
in every transaction in which LaGrange Mills was concerned, and in those 
changes suffered the same changes of name and was distinguished as the 
Hogansville Mills Division of each change. It was purchased by the Consoli¬ 
dated Duck Corporation on November 28, 1905; sold in turn by them to 
Lockwood, Green and Company and called the International Cotton Mills, 
changed to New England Southern Mills; sold again to LaGrange parties and 
renamed Hogansville Calumet Mills; consolidated in 1932 as a unit of the 
Callaway Mills, retaining the name of Hogansville Calumet as a designation. 
The activities of this plant constituted a commercial barometer of the com¬ 
munity of Hogansville until the construction of Stark Mills, which shared the 
business indicator with the older plant. Among the superintendents and 
managers are noted the following: George W. Murphy, William Reid, John 


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Turnipseed, W. H. Turner, Jr., Oxford, James Mooty, David G. Reid, and 
John A. Baugh, manager. 

Unity Cotton Mills. Built in 1900, and located in land lot 141 of 
the 6th district, on Leman Street in LaGrange. This plant was chartered 
on May 8, 1900, and the following were the incorporators: J. M. Barnard, 
C. V. Truitt, J. E. Dunson, F. E. Callaway, S. H. Truitt, S. P. Smith, J. H. 
Edmondson, G. E. Dallis, W. V. Gray, G. B. Heard, E. G. Hood, T. J. 
Thornton, F. J. Pike, J. L. Bradfield, H. D. Glanton, T. S. Bradfield, C. D. 
Hudson, A. H. Nunnally, P. H. Hutchinson, N. R. Hutchinson, F. M. 
Ridley, J. R. Broome, H. R. Slack. There have been some additions to this 
plant at intervals, but the greatest expansion was in the form of an entire 
new plant under the name of Unity Spinning Mills, located in land lot 147 
of the 6th district. This was built in 1909 by the parent plant of which 
it formed an auxiliary. The management of this plant was in the hands of 
C. V. Truitt up to the time of his retirement, after which it devolved upon 
Cason J. Callaway. The superintendents of this plant are as follows: George 
W. Murphy, Sr., William W. Arnold, William H. Turner, Jr., James New- 
some, Ed Estes, W. Preston Dunson. 

The products of Unity Cotton Mills were originally in the form of the 
cotton ducks, but later became more diversified in character. The plant 
may be considered as the parent plant of the group of cotton mills now 
designated as the Callaway Mills. 

Elm City Cotton Mills. Built in 1905, located in land lot 142 of the 
6th district. The charter bears the date of November 15, 1905, and enlisted 
a large number of contributors under the leadership of Fuller E. Callaway, 
Sr., as the directing genius. The following names are recorded in the charter: 
F. E. Callaway, C. V. Truitt, J. G. Truitt, S. H. Truitt, Roy Dallis, W. A. 
Holmes, A. T. Dallis, V. E. Dallis, George E. Dallis, Pike Brothers, E. G. 
Hood, J. H. Edmondson, Henry Banks, Sr., J. W. Johnston, Bradfield Drug 
Co., F. M. Ridley, H. R. Slack, J. C. Roper, J. M. Barnard, George W. 
Murphy, P. G. Awtry, J. L. Bradfield, H. D. Glanton, N. E. Marshburn, 
E. R. Bradfield, Sr., W. V. Gray, L. D. Mitchell, Pope F. Callaway, McCaine 
and Market, E. B. Clark, F. M. Longley, B. H. Seay, R. L. Adams, J. R. 
Hall, G. B. Heard, S. P. Smith, W. S. Davis, A. H. Cary, C. Y. Hall, J. R. 
Broome, W. L. Cleaveland, N. S. McCalley, J. M. Formby, W. J. Hardy, 
J. F. Market, J. Wid Freeman; Banks and Arnold of Coweta County, H. M. 
Atkinson, W. D. Brady, George M. Traylor, James Banks, A. E. Thornton, 
M. Frank, George W. Parrott, George Dole Wadley, S. P. O’Neal, J. H. 
Lane & Company. Elm City was also a cotton duck plant and has enjoyed 
a long term of prosperity under the skillful management of the superintend¬ 
ents, Ira B. Grimes and H. F. Shuford. 


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119 


Unity Spinning Mills. Built in 1909, and located on land lot 146 in 
the 6th district. No new corporation was formed, but the plant was built 
by Unity Cotton Mills and formed a part of its properties. The products 
of this plant were twines, cords and yarns. No weaving was done in this 
plant in the original layout. The superintendents were S. Y. Austin and 
Boyd N. Ragsdale. This is also a unit of the Callaway Mills. 

Dunson Mills. Built in 1910, and located in land lot 87 of the 6th 
district. The charter was granted on November 19, 1910, and the following 
names appear on the charter as the promoters of this plant: T. J. Thornton, 
W. S. Dunson, A. H. Cary, F. M. Ridley, W. A. Reeves, J. M. Barnard, 
S. H. Dunson, W. E. Morgan, P. H. Hutchinson, F. M. Longley, R. O. 
Pharr, J. E. Dunson, J. F. Ogletree. The plant was enlarged in 1923, nearly 
doubling the original capacity of the mill, and varying the production to 
include the light as well as the heavyweight cotton goods. The management 
was in the hands of T. J. Thornton in the beginning, and he was succeeded 
by the present efficient manager, W. S. Dunson. There has always been 
exercised a liberal conservatism in the management: liberal in attitude towards 
the churches and schools and sports, yet conservative in the business aspects. 
The superintendent was W. S. Dunson until his promotion to manager, and 
he was succeeded by A. C. Dunson as the present superintendent. 

Hillside Cotton Mills. Built in 1915, and located on land lot 143 
of the 6th district. The charter was granted on December 5, 1914, to a 
large number of incorporators: F. E. Callaway, C. V. Truitt, J. G. Truitt, 
S. H. Truitt, Roy Dallis, A. T. Dallis, V. E. Dallis, Render Dallis, S. Y. 
Austin, J. H. Edmondson, H. H. Childs, R. O. Pharr, W. S. Davis, T. H. 
Nimmons, E. R. Callaway, H. W. Callaway, W. A. Holmes, C. J. Callaway, 
Hatton Love joy, W. H. Turner, Jr., R. C. Key, C. Y. Hall, J. R. Hall, 
James Newsom, I. B. Grimes, Boyd Ragsdale, H. R. Slack, B. H. Seay, L. H. 
Zachry, Pike Brothers, J. M. Formby, H. T. Wooding, J. D. Hudson, R. L. 
Render, C. W. Smith, C. N. Shearer, R. K. Colley, G. W. Birdsong, A. H. 
Thompson, J. J. Milam, McCaine Brothers, H. D. Glanton, C. L. Smith, 
W. L. Cleaveland, W. G. Cleaveland, Henry Banks, Sr., H. D. Phillips, 
J. A. Perry, O. D. Grimes, P. G. Awtry, W. E. Johnson, H. H. Tigner, 
W. J. Hardy, J. W. Bryant, R. W. Bryant, E. C. Lewis, James Banks, J. 
Carroll Payne, W. D. Brady, C. H. Hutcheson, J. H. Lane and Company, 
F. Coit Johnson, James W. Lane, E. W. Leseur, Howard L. Marsh, Oliver 
L. Johnson, Charles T. Newberry, Charles D. Brady, W. H. Tobey, C. M. 
Pirkleman, W. W. Quinlan. This plant, by reason of the installation of 
a dye house as a part of the equipment, manufactures the greatest variety 
of products of any mill located in the county; in weight from the heaviest 
to comparatively lightweight goods with many color variations. This was 


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the parent plant of several lines of manufacture, which were afterwards 
incorporated as separate entities and some of them removed to other loca¬ 
tions. These were Valley Waste Mills, Valway Rug Mills, Rockweave Mills, 
and Oakleaf Mills. The superintendents of this plant were S. Y. Austin, 
J. O. Blackmon, and Frank L. Asbury. 

Stark Mills. Built in 1922, and located in land lot 11 of the 12th dis¬ 
trict. This plant was not chartered in Troup County, but was built by 
Lockwood, Green and Company of Boston, the owners at that time of the 
Hogansville and LaGrange plants of the New England Southern Mills, and 
sold with them in 1928. It was afterwards sold to the United States Rubber 
Company and is still in their possession. This mill was adapted to the use 
of long staple cotton for the manufacture of tire cord. The mill is under 
the superintendency of H. H. Ocheltree. The managers were John A. Baugh 
for Lockwood, Green and Company, and H. Gordon Smith for the U. S. 
Rubber Company. 

Valley Waste Mills. The construction of this plant followed very 
closely upon the building of Hillside Cotton Mills, of which it formed a 
part. A separate charter for this plant was granted on November 4, 1927, 
to Cason J. Callaway, Henry G. Smith, and Grady S. Kennington. As the 
name implies, it was a plant for the utilization of cotton waste. In the 
merger of 1932, the plant has lost its corporate identity. 

Valway Rug Mills. Incorporated on November 4, 1927, by Cason J. 
Callaway, Ira B. Grimes, and Henry G. Smith. This plant is a distinctive 
idea in the diversification of production in the South. The manufacture of 
rugs in the plant has always been a source of interest to the passing visitor, 
because the use of Jacquard looms and other machines is so different from 
those of the ordinary cotton mills. The beauty and variety of the rugs 
have commended them to a widespread patronage in America. 

Rockweave Mills. This plant was another offshoot of Hillside Cotton 
Mills, and was originally called Rockweave Laundry Textile Mills, but the 
charter was amended on December 9, 1927, to conform to the above name. 
The plant with a wide variety of products specialized in the manufacture 
of those products associated with the laundry trade: bags, nets, and all 
forms of canvas containers and receptacles. Most of this plant has been 
transferred to LaGrange Calumet Mills, and its corporate identity was lost 
in the merger of 1932. 

Oakleaf Mills. This plant is another of the Hillside group of industries, 
and was chartered on April 16, 1928, and its location changed to the vicinity 
of the Unity Spinning Mills. It specializes in flannels, wiping cloths and 
cords of various kinds. The superintendent is T. L. Arnette. 


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121 


The Callaway Mills. Under this title were merged into one great 
corporation the allied plants that were sponsored and controlled by the late 
Fuller E. Callaway, as well as those organized and built since his death under 
the management of Cason J. Callaway as president, and Fuller E. Callaway 
as treasurer. The plants in this great organization are as follows: 


Spindles 

Calumet, LaGrange Plant_ 9,984 

Elm City Plant_ 11,664 

Hillside Plant .. 31,680 

Oakleaf Plant_ 3,168 

Unity Plant _ 12,960 

Unity Spinning Plant...-__ 13,5 32 

Calumet, Hogansville Plant_ 12,096 

Manchester Plant, Manchester, Ga__ 25,080 

Milstead Plant, Milstead, Ga_ 13,668 


Total Number of Spindles____13 5,852 


The maintenance of recreation parks and playgrounds, the Young Men’s 
Christian Associations, assistance to the schools and churches have always 
been included as a part of the operating budgets of these plants, and the 
care of health safeguarded by the presence of well-trained nurses has been 
one of the first thoughts towards the welfare and happiness of employes. 

The products of these plants include twines, cords, ropes, drills, sheetings, 
sateens, moleskin, corduroy, filter fabrics, and every sort of canvas and duck, 
a variety of rugs, and many other specialties. 

West Point Manufacturing Company. While the plants of this cor¬ 
poration are not located in Troup County, yet the executive and administra¬ 
tive offices are located in the city of West Point. The plants of this cor¬ 
poration are noted below: 

Riverdale at Riverview, Ala., built in 1866, makers of tent and awning 
ducks. 11,684 spindles. 

Langdale at Langdale, Ala., built in 1867 as the Chattahoochee Manufac¬ 
turing Company, and purchased in 1880. The plant has 33,8 56 spindles. 
This plant donated the sails to refit the frigate Constitution, popularly 
known as "Old Ironsides,” also donated the sail duck for the Byrd Expedi¬ 
tion to the South Pole. 

Lanett Mills, makers of wide drills, twills and sateens, and the fabrics 
used in automobile manufacture. 

Shawmut Mills, makers of the heavier forms of cotton duck that is used 
for hose and belting. 

Fairfax Mills, whose specialty is the making of towels for every kind of 
use, and of every size and weight. 















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Lanett Bleachery and Dye Works is the pioneer in the dyeing of the 
fabrics and the addition of color to our section of the South. 

The West Point Manufacturing Company has a total of 192,000 spindles 
in the various plants. The corporation has been for many years under the 
management of the Lanier family, which has contributed so much to the 
financial, educational, social, cultural and political life of Troup County, 
and of West Point in particular. 

Troup County Textiles. The county of Troup ranks well in the total 
of the textile plants, the total spindles of each plant is given below: 


Calumet, I.aGrange .... . 

Spindles 

_ 9,984 

Calumet, Hogansville ___ 

12,09* 

Dixie Cotton Mills___ 

_ 23,936 

Elm City Plant 

_ 11,664 

Dunson Cnttnn Mills 

41,000 

Hillside Plant 

11,*80 

Oakleaf Plant ..... 

___ 3,168 

Stark Mills 

H,t*0 

Unity Plant .. 

12,9*0 

Unity Spinning Plant___ 

... 15,552 

Total Spindles___ 

_197,600 

















CHAPTER XVI. INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL 


UP ARLY INDUSTRIES. The furnishings of the earliest cabins yield 
111 Q the clue to the nature of the early commercial barter and industrial 
activity. These consisted of rifles, knives, broadaxes for hewing, hatchets 
for shaping, crosscut saws, froes, sledge hammers, anvils, spinning wheels 
and looms, and such furnishings and fittings as could be made with the above 
implements. In later days the large plantations operated commissaries that 
could supply almost any need of the neighborhood, and employed smiths 
who could fabricate horseshoes, hinges and straps, and hammer out such 
wrought nails as were necessary in house construction, and carpenters who 
could hew a sill, rive boards for roofs and palings for yard and garden fences, 
build houses and barns, and fashion the giant "totem pole of the clan” in 
the form of the tall screws for the cotton presses. 

The early industries of Troup County were crude and simple in operation, 
and were dependent for power on muscle, mules, and water power. The 
apparatus for steam power was too heavy and too cumbersome to haul so 
far with only oxen as the tractile agency. The mills of the early days were 
smithies, carpenter shops, and gristmills, and later sawmills and tanneries. 
By reason of the same difficulties of transportation, the patronage of a given 
industry was limited to the range of travel of one day for the round trip. 

The journeys to the markets of Augusta and Savannah were generally 
annual caravans, and they required about two weeks of travel for each round 
trip, and to this must be added the time to see the bright lights, to view 
the novelties on display since the last visit, and to enjoy the pleasures of 
the trading instinct, both in disposing of the wares and produce carried for 
the purpose of sale, and to select the quantity and quality of goods to be 
hauled on the homeward trip. The entire trip could easily use a month. 

The Troup Company. Chartered October 14, 1905, by A. H. Cary, 
J. M. Barnard, J. E. Dunson, Frank L. Hudson, W. A. Reeves, T. J. Thornton, 
J. H. Edmondson, J. D. Edmundson, Albert S. Dunson, Frank Word, M. H. 
Ffightower, R. W. Trimble, C. W. Smith, L. S. Turner, A. E. Thornton, 
W. A. Speer, N. O. Banks, and T. M. Zellars. The corporation was organized 
for the purpose of manufacturing fertilizer and the operation of a warehouse 
for storage of cotton. After several years of operation the fertilizer plant 
was sold to Swift and Company. The warehouse was retained and is still 
operated by a reorganized company. 

Farmers Warehouse Company. Chartered April 29, 1891, by Andrew 
J. Daniel, Scott Davis, James L. Sims, William C. Matthews, and John Daniel. 
This corporation of Hogansville operated for some time, but at the present 


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date the corporation has dissolved and its properties consolidated with other 
warehouse properties. 

Hogansville Warehouse. Chartered December 29, 1906, by J. F. 
Askew, H. H. Ware, Brazell Trimble and Company, R. W. Moore, J. M. 
Woodruff, and B. F. Rosser. This is an active corporation of Hogansville, 
and has united the interests of the warehouses of Hogansville. 

Security Warehouse Company. Chartered June 28, 1906, by F. E. 
Callaway, C. V. Truitt, W. A. Holmes, J. C. Roper, S. H. Truitt, J. D. 
Edmundson, J. F. Market, H. H. Childs, G. W. Birdsong, McCaine and Mar¬ 
ket, R. O. Pharr, Henry Banks, V. E. Dallis, C. Y. Hall, S. D. White, N. S. 
McCalley, W. A. Heard, W. N. Hogg, R. S. Jackson, W. L. Haralson, Pike 
Brothers, Roy Dallis, H. D. Glanton, and J. B. Whitley. A portion of this 
warehouse was used for a time as a silk mill, and afterwards as a wholesale 
grocery company. The warehouse is at present operated by H. H. Childs 
as manager. 

Other Warehouses. The cotton warehouses of West Point are located 
in Alabama, which is beyond the scope of this record. Among the personally 
owned warehouses there is noted Barnard and Awtry, which afterwards be¬ 
came the property of E. G. Hood, and is now the freight depot of the 
A. B. & C. Railroad in LaGrange; and the name of Frank Word in Hogans¬ 
ville is always associated with the storage of cotton. There are, perhaps, 
many other names of former days that should be recorded, but the lack of 
definite information prevents. 

The Bradfield Drug Company. Chartered May 3, 1897, by Thomas 
S. Bradfield and W. S. Davis for the purpose of conducting the wholesale 
and retail trade in drugs. The retail stores were a continuation and expan¬ 
sion of a long established patronage. The Court Square Pharmacy was the 
original retail drug store. 

Hogansville Mill and Lumber Company. Chartered April 9, 1902, 
by T. J. Pendergrass, W. C. Lee, J. T. Armstrong, and J. H. Melson. This 
company operates the planing mill on the south side of Hogansville. 

Georgia Granite and Power Company. Chartered April 7, 1902, by 
J. F. Mobley, Mrs. M. E. Morgan, and Milton H. Hightower, for the produc¬ 
tion of gravel and crushed stone. The plant located near Trimble furnished 
the material used for railroad ballast, and for concrete construction. Many 
thousand tons were marketed by this company. 

Mutual Coffin and Manufacturing Company. Chartered November 
8, 1902, by C. H. Revis, H. C. Clay, J. L. Rice, Squire Thornton, and the 
Mutual Aid Society, No. 1. It was organized as an adjunct to the Colored 
Burial Insurance Company, and prospered for many years as such. 


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LaGrange Ice and Manufacturing Company. Chartered November 
16, 1891, by John. D. Edmundson, Joseph E. Dunson, C. V. Truitt, F. M. 
Longley, and H. C. Butler, for the manufacture of ice. The corporation was 
enlarged to include the manufacture of ice cream, cold storage of perishables, 
and the sale of fuel, and the name was changed to that of LaGrange Ice 
and Fuel Company. This plant as well as the Citizens Ice and Coal Company 
was purchased by the American Service Company of Chicago. 

West Point Iron Works. Chartered May 5, 1891, by W. C. Lanier, 
L. Lanier, and E. F. Lanier, for the manufacture of castings, gears and 
machinery parts. The scope was widened to include all forms of woodwork, 
and the business of contracting. This company was a pioneer of the county 
in the development of machine shops and foundries. 

Pike Brothers Lumber Company. Chartered January 30, 1904, by 
J. A. Pike, F. J. Pike, and C. N. Pike, for the manufacture of doors, sash, 
and blinds, wooden columns, and all forms of woodwork, paving tile and 
concrete building blocks. This company was a development of a plow fac¬ 
tory, formerly operated by W. C. Cox. Upon the retirement of Pike Brothers 
from contracting and manufacturing, the plant was purchased by the West 
Point Iron Works above mentioned, and operated under the name of LaGrange 
Lumber and Supply Company. Newman Construction Company is the pres¬ 
ent owner. 

Novelty and Manufacturing Company. Chartered November 7, 
1891, by S. T. Whitaker, M. Herzberg, R. R. Lanier, and J. M. Harrington, 
for the manufacture of candy in West Point. 

Mutual Cotton Oil Company. Chartered July 2 5, 1906, by M. H. 
Hightower, H. H. Mobley, Frank Word, S. A. Davis, J. F. Jones, J. S. Jones, 
T. T. Jones, H. B. Darden, S. N. Reid, J. M. Barnard, J. E. Dunson, and 
E. F. Lanier. This plant, located in Hogansville, was constructed for the 
extraction of cotton seed oil. It continues to be a powerful industrial factor 
in the development of Hogansville. 

Trimble Brick Company. Chartered by R. W. Trimble, P. H. Darden, 
and Edwin Trippe, on May 12, 1902, for the manufacture of brick. This 
company has been an important factor in the building trades not only of 
this county, but in the entire southern territory. All the textile plants 
erected since 1902 in this section of Georgia have used Trimble brick. 

LaGrange Tannery. This plant was established about 1832, and was 
located on the corner near the intersection of Whitesville and Hamilton 
streets on the branch, which still bears the name of Tanyard branch. The 
original owners were Samuel Reid and Seaborn J. Thompson. It continued 
to operate until destroyed by the raiders under Colonel LaGrange in 1865. 


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West Point Tannery. This plant was located on the tract of land now 
known as Heyman’s Pines, and was organized at an early date. During the 
Civil War it was operated for the Confederate government by Herman Hey- 
man and Daniel Merz. The Federal raiders of 1865 seized the entire stock 
of leather. This plant was in operation some time after the close of the war. 

Kener Furniture Shop. This shop was located on Hines Street in the 
early LaGrange days. Many of the handsome pieces of furniture that are 
now classed as antiques were fashioned in this old shop. Godfrey Kener, the 
proprietor, built the old rock mill near Tanyard branch on Hines Street, 
and that old building, used as a gristmill, may have been the shop. This 
building was razed when LaGrange Mills were built in 1888. 

Carlton and Thacher. This firm, located in Mountville, operated a 
furniture factory in that place. Their excellent work in the manufacture 
of beds, dressers, dining tables, and all kinds of handmade furniture, was 
the source of pride and gratification to many of the housewives of old 
Troup County. 

Kidd Gin Factory. This plant was located three or four miles east of 
LaGrange, and was owned and operated by George Kidd, who had invented 
some improvements on the existing cotton gins. The products of this old 
factory were widely used throughout Georgia and parts of Alabama. 

Gristmills. The old gristmills of the county, some of which dated 
from the opening of the county, have always been a source of pleasure and 
convenience, as well as manufacturing enterprises. The list is not complete, 
yet numbers all that are known to the author: Norwood Mill in the north¬ 
eastern part of the county; Culberson Mill in the northern part; Cameron 
Mill on Yellow Jacket Creek near the river; the Double Mills on the two 
sides of the Chattahoochee just above Glass Bridge; Dennis Mill on Long 
Cane down near the 4th, 5th, and 6th districts corner; O’Neal’s Mill, which 
gave the name to the militia district, on Polecat Creek near the Salem Road; 
Smith Mill on Turkey Creek on the Salem Road; Dallis Mill near the Meri¬ 
wether County line north of Chipley; Young Mill on Beech Creek on the 
Haralsonville Road, and Pool’s Mill in the 14th district on Whitewater 
Creek. 

A. P. Jones Buggy and Wagon Manufacturing Company. This 
company, formerly located on the site of the present Dunson Hospital, was 
for a long time a prosperous business. It was established in 1878 and con¬ 
tinued to operate until 1904, when the advent of the automobile commenced 
its conquest of the horse-drawn conveyances. One remarkable thing in 
regard to this business is that three brothers established four plants for the 
manufacture of wagons and buggies: A. P. Jones of LaGrange; R. H. 
Jones of Cartersville and Rome, and W. E. Jones of Atlanta. There are 


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still to be found in Troup, Meriwether, Heard and Harris counties, speci¬ 
mens of the excellent handiwork of **Jones, the Buggy Man.” 

Bank of LaGrange. This bank was chartered by the General Assembly 
of Georgia in 18 52, authorizing the corporation to commence business when 
$50,000.00 in specie had been paid in. There are no records that the condi¬ 
tion was ever complied with. No names were included in charter. 

LaGrange Savings Bank. Chartered in 1866 by F. A. Frost, B. H. 
Hill, R. A. T. Ridley, Jesse McLendon, and Thomas J. Thornton. No 
records of the savings bank available, but several of the incorporators were 
engaged in a private and unincorporated business. 

LaGrange Banking and Trust Company. Chartered in 1871 by H. 
S. Wimbish, John F. Moreland, John A. Speer, John R. Broome, S. W. 
Swanson, T. J. Thornton, W. F. Spalding, John H. Glanton, A. D. Abra¬ 
ham, and James F. Ogletree. The capital stock was fixed at $50,000.00 
with the privilege of increasing to $100,000.00. This corporation for a 
long time was the principal commercial bank of the county, and the closing 
of which almost paralyzed the commercial interests of LaGrange. Among 
those who presided over this bank are noted the names of Major A. D. 
Abraham, George A. Speer, Thomas J. Thornton, Joseph E. Dunson, Sr., 
and Joseph E. Dunson, Jr. It is now in procees of liquidation. 

Merchants and Planters Bank of West Point. Chartered Septem¬ 
ber 29, 1883, by J. J. Hagedorn, A. M. Eady, Daniel Merz, W. B. Higgin- 
bothem, J. R. Scott, W. E. White, J. M. Reed, J. W. Smith, B. L. Harris, 
Lawrence Smith, and William Collins. This bank enjoyed a long period 
of prosperity, but like many others of our country, succumbed under the 
pressure of the twentieth century depression and shrinkage of values. 

First National Bank of LaGrange. Chartered December 20, 1883, 
by L. J. Render, B. C. Ferrell, F. M. Longley, J. G. Truitt, W. C. Yancey, 
W. O. Tuggle, J. M. Barnard, and H. H. Cary. This bank continued to 
operate until 1890, when it was converted into a state bank. The exactions 
of a national bank, which did not permit more than 10% of the capital 
stock to be loaned to one customer, did not permit the bank to finance the 
LaGrange Mills for their sufficient operation, as the capital stock was only 
$50,000.00. Some of the currency of this bank is still in circulation, but 
largely kept as keepsakes. 

Bank of LaGrange. Chartered in 1890, by L. J. Render, J. G. Truitt, 
F. M. Longley, J. M. Barnard, B. C. Ferrell, and H. H. Cary. The business 
of the First National Bank above mentioned was carried on by this bank 
without interruption, the change being made between the close of business 
on Saturday and the opening on Monday morning. This bank, too, felt the 
iron hand of depression and was closed and liquidated. 


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Bank of West Point. The personnel of this corporation is not avail¬ 
able, but it was a factor in the commercial life of the community, and like 
so many other institutions was forced into liquidation. 

First National Bank of West Point. This bank like the First Na¬ 
tional of LaGrange found itself unable to continue its operations, and was 
put into liquidation. 

Hogansville Banking Company. The leading spirit in the organiza¬ 
tion of this bank was J. F. Askew, but it like many others fell victim to 
the dark days of the depression and was forced to close. 

Merchants and Farmers Bank. Hogansville. The organizers of this 
bank were J. P. Mobley and N. H. Hight, and enjoyed an era of prosperity 
but was unable to cope with frozen assets and likewise closed. 

LaGrange National Bank. Chartered by United States May 29, 1905, 
by F. E. Callaway, C. V. Truitt, J. G. Truitt, W. A. Holmes, S. H. Truitt, 
F. M. Longley, and P. H. Hutchinson. One of the few institutions that 
remained closed only during the bank holiday, or moratorium, declared by 
President Roosevelt. The handsome structure on Main Street in the city of 
LaGrange is the home of this institution. The presidents of this bank in 
their order are Fuller E. Callaway, Ely R. Callaway, and Henry D. Glanton. 

Citizens Bank and Trust Company. This company represents the 
banking interests of the city of West Point, since the closing of the other 
banks. 

Citizens Bank of Hogansville. This is not a bank strictly speaking, 
but conducts the present business of the city of Hogansville as a sort of 
clearing house for an Atlanta bank. 


CHAPTER XVII. EDUCATIONAL 


III aGRANGE FEMALE COLLEGE. This institution has the unique 
111 Q distinction of having its origin in the first institution in America 
chartered for the instruction of women. The originator of such a revolu¬ 
tionary idea was Thomas Stanley, who conducted a small school in the 
village of LaGrange. He held the then unpopular opinion that girls should 
be given the same educational advantages that their brothers had long en¬ 
joyed. How revolutionary this idea was, may be learned from the fact 
that only a few years prior to this time, the General Assembly of Georgia 
had refused to permit the establishment of ''Female Academies.” However, 
Stanley and his friends persisted in their efforts, and possibly brought some 
political influence to bear on the legislative body, for on December 26, 1831, 
a charter was granted to LaGrange Female Academy , designating the follow¬ 
ing board of trustees: Wilson Williams, Julius C. Alford, Rufus Broome, 
James Herring, John L. Gage, William A. Redd, and Joseph Poythress. 

As there were in existence no institutions for women empowered to con¬ 
fer degrees on women, the term academy was used to designate an institu¬ 
tion, in which the higher branches of learning were taught, but without 
authority to confer degrees. They were the finishing schools of the day. 

This academy was established on the lot set apart by the Inferior Court 
of Troup County for an academy, when the town of LaGrange was laid 
out by them. It is shown on the plat of original LaGrange as the southwest 
corner of No. 11 Commons, and is the present site of No. 406 Broad Street, 
known in later years as the Turner home. 

The academy was presided over by Thomas Stanley as first principal for 
two years. At the death of Stanley in 1833, John Park was chosen to 
succeed him, and served eight years, assisted for a time by Mrs. Ellen 
Stanley in the conduct, of the school. 

In 1843, the academy and the present site of College Hill were purchased 
by the Montgomery brothers, Hugh B. T., Joseph, and T. F., and the 
dormitory was located on the hill, and the academy building used as class¬ 
rooms. 

In 1847, an application for a fuller charter was made, and was granted 
on December 17, 1847, and the name changed to LaGrange Female Institute. 
The institution retained this name until a charter amendment on December 
26, 18 51, when it received the present designation of LaGrange Female 
College. 

In 1851, the ''new building” was erected on the college hill for the accom¬ 
modation of classes and administration of college affairs; the cornerstone 
was laid on July 4, 1851, with masonic ceremonies. It was an imposing 


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structure built on the model of the Temple of Diana at the site of the present 
building. 

In 18 57, on the 29th of January, the Montgomery brothers sold the 
properties to the Georgia Conference of the Methodist Church, South, and 
by an act of legislature of December 19, 18 59, the trustees were authorized 
to sell the property of the Stanley buildings and site. 

Fortunately this sale was not immediately consummated, for on March 28, 
1860, the entire plant on the college hill was consumed by fire during the 
night following a concert held in the auditorium. Classes were resumed 
in the Stanley Building, and plans for rebuilding were at once made. The 
dormitory, the northern end of the present Oreon Smith Building, was com¬ 
pleted by December 20, 1860. The college building was to be completed 
by May 15, 1861, but the confusion from the incipient war prevented the 
immediate completion. The masonry work was completed, but the floors 
and roof unfinished. Benjamin H. Cameron was the contractor, and his 
corps of workmen were negro slaves trained for the work. 

In 1879, the college building was completed and the classes have been 
held in this building since that time. This reconstruction was due to the 
untiring efforts of J. R. Mason, president at the time. 

In 188 5 began the remarkable administration of the beloved Rufus W. 
Smith. This covered a period of thirty years and witnessed great improve¬ 
ment in the curriculum and equipment, and a wonderful broadening of 
purpose and quickening of the spirit of the institution. A regular depart¬ 
ment of education was established. An annex of twenty-eight rooms, a 
dining hall and a modern kitchen were added to the dormitory. Electric 
lights were installed in 1888. Running water and bathrooms were added 
to the equipment. The Harriet Hawkes Building was erected in 1911 
through the generosity of A. W. Hawkes in a gift of $10,000.00 for that 
purpose. It was during this regime that William S. Witham established a 
loan fund of $10,000.00 for the aid of worthy students. Alwyn M. Smith 
and his wife (Miss Laura Crain), both graduates of the Leipzig Conserva¬ 
tory of Music, were instrumental in placing the department of music upon 
a high plane of excellence. 

During the administration of Miss Daisy Davies, who was elected presi¬ 
dent in 1915, an endowment fund of $251,000.00 was pledged largely from 
local citizens; notable among the many contributors, the following generous 
sums: James G. Truitt and wife, $50,000.00; the Dunson estate, $37,000.00; 
Miss Mary Nix, $12,000.00. 

In 1920, William E. Thompson was elected to the presidency, and during 
his administration, Samuel C. Dobbs donated $25,000.00 and built a beau¬ 
tiful home on the campus. 


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In 1931 the college celebrated the centennial of the original establishment 
with a pageant, depicting its progress from a small school to the present 
splendid equipment. 

In the early days of the school, it is interesting to note some of the quaint 
incidents and settings. These first students, "Amarantha Cameron, Philo- 
genia Ware, Elethia McLendon, Sophronia Campbell” and others arrived in 
carriages and in barouches with far more bandboxes and umbrellas than 
books. They were accompanied by their black "mammies,” but this new 
business of girls getting an education did not encourage so many "curling 
tresses” and so much "tubbing and buttoning,” so the mammies were sent 
home. 

A serious period ensued in which one-half of each day was devoted to 
the study of mathematics, it being generally conceded in that day that a 
woman could not learn such an abstract subject. But much time was 
given to the writing of essays with such serious subjects as "Mother, Home 
and Heaven,” "What is Life but Fleeting,” "All a Mist,” and "In the Dark 
Our Fortunes Meet Us,” and others of like import. 

The college authorities declared that a knowledge of French was indis-r 
pensable, "as the diplomas are printed in French.” In addition to all this 
getting of knowledge, these young misses were admonished to "mind your 
manners, and walk sedately.” 

The board of trustees of LaGrange Female Institute, who succeeded the 
board of LaGrange Female Academy, were as follows: Sampson Duggar, 
Hampton W. Hill, Daniel McMillan, Orville A. Bull, and Thomas B. Green¬ 
wood. 

The catalogue of 1848 announces that, "Board for pupils of the Institute 
can be obtained in the following homes: Major George Heard, Benjamin 
Harvey Hill, Esq., Dr. N. N. Smith, James Bradfield, Esq. Price of board 
per month, $9.00, exclusive of washing and lights.” Lights were tallow 
candles. Twenty girls were accommodated in the institute at the same price. 

The dormitory was used in the last days of the war as a hospital for 
wounded soldiers. 

Thus it will be seen that the LaGrange Female Academy, chartered on 
December 26, 1831, and a suitable building erected for its accommodation 
was used continuously for the academy classes and those of LaGrange Female 
Institute, which was chartered on December 17, 1847, and also for the 
classes of LaGrange Female College, as it was later called, until 1851. The 
little academy has the distinction of being the first institution ever char¬ 
tered for the instruction of young ladies in any state. 

The presiding officers of the institution under the original title of prin¬ 
cipal, and later as presidents, are given below. For three years the classes 


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were combined with those under President Ichabod F. Cox at the Southern 
College, and his name is added to the list. 


1831-33 

Thomas Stanley 

1871-72 

E. P. Burch 

1834-42 

John Park 

1872-74 

James T. Johnson 

1843-56 

Joseph Montgomery 

1875-81 

J. R. Mason 

1857-59 

W. C. Connor 

1881-85 

John W. Heidt 

1859 

William C. Harris 

1885-15 

Rufus W. Smith 

1860-63 

Gadwell J. Pearce 

1915 

Alwyn M. Smith 

1863-66 

- Armstrong 

1915-20 

Miss Daisy Davies 

1866-69 

Ichabod F. Cox 

1920- 

William E. Thompson 

1869-71 

Morgan Callaway 



Southern 

Female College. 

In 1842 Rev. 

John E. Dawson organized 


a school for young women. Dr. Dawson was soon succeeded by Milton E. 
Bacon, through whose efforts the school was chartered under the name of 
LaGrange Female Seminary in 1845. By an act of the General Assembly 
of Georgia dated January 31, 18 50, it changed the corporate name to La- 
Grange Collegiate Seminary for Young Ladies; two years later on January 
14, 18 52, the name was changed to Southern and Western Female College. 
On February 17, 18 54, the name received its last change of Southern Female 
College as a title. 

The first class of four was graduated in 1845. The institution won an 
enviable reputation for thorough and conscientious work, and its increasing 
patronage demanded more extensive accommodations. 

In 18 50, the old school building was remodeled for a boarding house or 
dormitory, and a beautiful chapel was erected. The location at this time 
was in the eastern part of LaGrange, between the present Hill and Greenville 
streets. President Bacon was succeeded by John A. Foster. 

In 18 57, I. F. Cox was made president, in which position he labored over 
thirty years. During this period he firmly established the success of the 
college. 

Near the close of the Civil War, the buildings, which were then used as 
a hospital for Confederate soldiers, were accidentally destroyed by fire. The 
government at Richmond, Virginia, upon the presentation of the claim by 
Benjamin H. Hill, appropriated $51,000.00 to restore the property, but as 
the Confederacy soon dissolved, no return for the loss could be made. 

With indomitable energy President Cox set to work to rebuild and re¬ 
furnish the institution. In 1871, the new site on Church Street was selected 
and work begun on the buildings. The chapel erected in 1877 was a monu¬ 
ment to the generosity of President Cox and the people of LaGrange. 

During the commencement of June, 1887, President Cox was stricken 
by apoplexy and died from the stroke. But the heritage he left was a col- 



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lege free from debt and equipped with handsome buildings and the most 
modern appliances. For a time Mrs. I. F. Cox served as president, and was 
succeeded by her son, Charles C. Cox. 

After the death of President I. F. Cox, which occurred during the com¬ 
mencement in June, 1887, the college was managed for a time by his wife, 
who was succeeded in turn by her son, Charles C. Cox. Mr. Cox was 
greatly beloved by the citizens of LaGrange as well as the students, and 
the college flourished under his administration which continued until the 
summer of 1895. 

Dr. G. A. Nunnally became president, and his administration lasted for 
seven years, during which time a new dormitory, the Sarah Ferrell Lyceum, 
and a chapel were added to the institution. 

In 1902 M. W. Hatton was chosen as president, and he served until 1908 
when two of the buildings were burned. Due to the vigorous efforts of 
the local alumnae, the Sarah Ferrell Lyceum was renovated and arranged 
for classrooms as well as a dormitory, and Dr. R. H. Blalock was engaged 
to manage the institution, and so successful was his administration that 
not only were the annual expenses met, but a surplus was provided. Rev. 
W. D. Upshaw was engaged to solicit funds for the rebuilding of the dormi¬ 
tory. 

In 1910, the new building was completed, and William F. Brown was 
elected as president, and served as such for two years. In 1912, James E. 
Ricketson succeeded as president, and continued to serve until 1916, when 
M. W. Hatton returned for one year. 

In 1917, the trustees of the college decided that inasmuch as L. J. Render 
had for many years been a generous patron of the college and had advanced 
large sums of money for buildings and for maintenance of the college, that 
repayment of these advances would be an impossibility on the part of the 
trustees, and that the wisest course was to discontinue the school and turn 
over the property to their creditor. This was done, and the buildings were 
converted into apartments, and some time later became the property of 
Pike and Hunter under the name of Render Apartments. 

The Southern was always noted for its classical background and the 
splendid musical conservatory. The Cox administration inaugurated this 
excellent department, and Dr. John H. Norman of Oxford, England, and 
Miss Eula Render, who had studied many years in New York and abroad, 
added greater lustre by their knowledge and brilliant performance. 

The presidents of Southern Female College at LaGrange include in their 
roster many well and widely known educators. The roster follows: 


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1842-46 

John E. Dawson 

1895-03 

Dr. G. A. Nunnally 

1846-55 

Milton E. Bacon 

1903-08 

M. W. Hatton 

1855-57 

John A. Foster 

1908-10 

Dr. R. H. Blalock 

1855-57* 

Henry E. Brooks 

1910-12 

William F. Brown 

1857-87 

Ichabod F. Cox 

1912-16 

James E. Ricketson 

1887 

Mrs. I. F. Cox 

1916-17 

M. W. Hatton 

1887-95 

Charles C. Cox 




Brownwood. In 1840, the Brownwood Institute for young ladies was 
established by Dr. Robert C. Brown. It was located about two miles from 
LaGrange in land lot 113 on the West Point highway, and occupied the 
site of Dr. W. W. Rutland’s present residence. 

Dr. Brown was born, reared and educated in England. He had previously 
taught at the Scottsboro School, and Mrs. B. C. Ferrell had been one of 
his pupils. It was through Judge B. C. Ferrell that he was induced to 
locate in LaGrange. He was a man of great wealth, and spared no expense 
in designing and building the school. 

The buildings were entirely English in design, drawn by English archi¬ 
tects, and built by English workmen. The campus was immense, about one 
hundred acres in extent, and the school buildings were placed in the center. 
There were magnificent oaks, velvety lawns of blue grass, and many of the 
flowers common to the Old South. Winding walks and broad driveways, 
sanded with the whitest sand, wound through the campus. 

Pupils were enrolled from all over the South, and it was a great honor 
to receive a diploma from Brownwood. For among the noted educators of 
this old school are recalled the names of Bennett, Sherman, Foster, and Cox. 
Dr. and Mrs. Brown had four children: Harry became a noted physician; 
Marie, an artist, never married; Lucia married Ovid Rodgers; Lydia a phy¬ 
sician. Dr. Brown is buried in Hillview Cemetery in LaGrange. 

After the death of Dr. Brown, Brownwood was sold to Dr. Otis Smith, 
a Baptist minister from Massachusetts. Dr. Smith married Martha Womack, 
an aunt of Mrs. Thomas A. Boddie. 

Thomas Boddie was a student at Brownwood and recounted to Miss Belle 
Boddie some of the pranks of the school boys. On one occasion, Dr. and 
Mrs. Brown went to the house of Peter Tatum to perform the wedding 
ceremony of Betty Tatum and Dr. Little. Dr. Smith and his wife were 
the first guests to leave for home after the ceremony. It was a very dark 
night, and on reaching the Brownwood neighborhood, the horses became 
disquieted and refused to go on. Ben, the negro coachman, got out to 
investigate and found a rail fence built across the road. Ben cleared the 
road and next morning there was no sign of a fence there. Dr. Smith made 


During the years of 185 5-57, John A. Foster and Henry E. Brooks acted as co-presidents. 



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no reprimand, and in fact, enjoyed the prank as much as the boys who 
played it. 

In 1852, Brownwood was chartered by the General Assembly as a uni¬ 
versity for boys with Dr. Otis Smith as president, and for many years 
enjoyed the reputation of one of the best schools in the South. 

County Public Schools. The public schools of Troup County were 
organized in January, 1871, in accordance with an act of the General 
Assembly enacted on October 13, 1870. The following members consti¬ 
tuted the County School Board, and the militia district represented is noted: 


655 

673 

656 

697 

LaGrange District_ 

City of LaGrange 

--James H. Fannin, President 

John F Toolej Serrerary 

Harrisonville District.. 

East Vernon.... 

Rough Edge_ 

--- - _J. P. Mooty 

_ ___ _E. J. Greene 

Anderson Leslie 

698 

Mountville_ 

_J. T. Johnson 

699 

O’Neal’s Mill .. 

____John H. Traylor 

700 

Hogansville District_ 

_W. C. Love joy 

701 

West Point District_ 

__W. L. Alford 


City of West Point_ 

_J. W. Oslin 

735 

West Vernon_ 

__ _John W. Glass 

800 

Antioch... 

..John G. Goss, resigned Aug. 1 

804 

Long Cane_ 

TV C. Coolr 

805 

McLendon’s_ 

_Joel Gibson 

1086 

Pool’s Mill... 

_ _ _ —S. H. Dunson 


Town of Hogansville_ 

___No election 


The examination and selection of teachers and the issuance of the licenses 
to teach were made in August, September and October, 1871, and the fol¬ 
lowing names were authorized to teach in the common schools: In East 
Vernon, F. B. Mosely and Mrs. Mary R. Lane; in Harrisonville, J. P. Mooty, 
John Willingham and Isaac Jackson; in Rough Edge, Robert H. Dallis; 
in O’Neal’s Mill, Frank Ward; in West Vernon, Charles S. Johnson; in 
West Point district, J. D. Attaway and J. R. Mann; in Antioch, W. G. 
Floyd and Miss Ella M. Boyd; in Long Cane, Miss Florence Burton; in 
McLendon’s, L. S. Bates; in city of West Point, A. P. Mooty and A. F. 
Trimble; and the following names with place undesignated: J. M. Hogg, 
Lemuel Bruce, W. S. Alford, Mrs. Ella Marchman, Mrs. Fannie Autrey, 
J. B. Camp, Robert E. Park, I. F. Cox, J. W. Hogg, W. E. Palmer, J. W. 
Tarleton. 

The first school census taken in the county in the fall of 1871 merely 
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District 

SI ? I.aflrsnffe . .. 

White 

55 

Colored 

477 

Total 

532 


City of LaGrange. .. 

270 

325 

595 

656 

Fast Vernnn _ 

85 

210 

295 

673 

697 

698 

Harrisonville _ ... . _ 

181 

2 66 

447 

Rough Edge _ 

238 

215 

453 

Mountville . 

97 

354 

451 

699 

O’Neal’s_ 

210 

247 

457 

700 

Hogansville _ 

157 

255 

412 

Town of Hogansville 

103 

52 

155 

701 

West Point___ 

116 

177 

293 

City of West Point 

151 

155 

306 

73 5 

West Vernon 

100 

118 

218 

800 

Antioch _ __ 

151 

137 

288 

804 

Long Cane ___ _ ..... 

181 

232 

413 

805 

McLendon’s _ 

71 

180 

251 

1086 

Pool’s Mill ____ 

149 

163 

312 

Total... 

2315 

3563 

5898 


County Schools Reorganization. The original Board of Education 
which was chosen in 1871 was found to be too large for efficient work, so 
the board was reorganized on January 19, 1872. The new board consisted 
of five members with a term of office of four years. The first three of the 
board given below were chosen for two years, and the other two for four 
years, so that the terms of the whole board would not expire at the same 
time. 


1872-74 

W. P. Edmondson 

1894-02 

W. R. Bradfield 

1872-74 

W. E. Glanton 

1894-96 

John D. Johnson 

1872-78 

N. L. Atkinson 

1894-98 

J. F. Thompson 

1872-88 

M. L. Rachels, Chairman 

1896-00 

R. L. Gilham 

1872-85 

John E. Toole 

1896-06 

Henry W. Miller 

1874-79 

A. E. Reid 

1899-14 

W. B. Whatley 

1874-82 

W. S. Trimble 

1902-06 

James F. Askew 

1878-86 

A. C. Williams 

1903-11 

H. C. Kimbrough 

1879-83 

E. T. Winn 

1904-05 . 

Jesse F. Jones 

1882-87 

J. N. Carlton 

1904-06 

E. B. Clark, Chairman 

1884-92 

J. C. C. Freeman 

1904-08 

William T. Tuggle 

1885-88 

Orville A. Bull 

1904-08 

W. C. Davidson 

1886-92 

John D. Johnson 

1904-14 

C. K. Bass 

1887-90 

William M. Boyd 

1905-08 

R. E. O’Neal 

1888-92 

James F. Park 

1906-10 

George V. Boddie 

1888-92 

W. E. Dozier 

1908-14 

H. E. Newton 

1892-96 

John T. Boykin 

1908-28 

H. H. Lane, Chairman 

1892-94 

William A. Poer 

1908-12 

John W. Colley 

1892-04 

William V. Gray, Chairman 

1910-18 

J. H. Cleaveland 

1894-02 

J. F. Mobley 

1914-18 

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1914-18 

W. S. Brock 

1922-30 

L. L. Smith 

1914- 

J. Q. Burton, Chairman 

1922-30 

J. T. Hairston 

1918- 

J. D. Walker 

1928- 

J. C. Teaver 

1918-22 

R. H. Sivels 

1930- 

H. J. Hogg 

1918-22 

W. C. Davidson 

1932- 

J. T. Patillo 


County Superintendents. The county school superintendents, called 
formerly commissioners, were elected by the Board of Education in the first 
plan of operation, but were afterwards made elective by the voters, but 
excluding those in cities which had an independent system of schools. 

The officials of the early days of public schools were hampered in many 
ways in the accomplishment of their purposes: the apathetic attitude of the 
people, the lack of suitably trained teachers, and the woeful lack of funds 
coupled with the temporary diversion by the state authorities of the school 
funds, which caused the pay of teachers to be deferred or discounted. The 
roster of superintendents follows: 

1871-81 John E. Toole, Sr 
1885-01 Orville A. Bull 
1901-08 Hatton Lovejoy 
1908-12 W. C. Davidson 

Present County Schools. In 1920, when Thomas G. Polhill was 
elected as County School Superintendent, there were twenty-three small 
white schools in Troup County outside of the municipal corporations of 
LaGrange, Hogansville and West Point. The attendance on these schools 
was very irregular, for it was dependent on weather conditions and the 
needs of the various stages of crop development on the farms. Some of the 
school buildings were poorly lighted and heated and inadequately furnished 
with suitable desks, blackboards and apparatus. During the administration 
of T. G. Polhill, the physical conditions were almost revolutionized and 
reconstructed. Instead of the numerous poorly constructed buildings, there 
were constructed nine modern consolidated schools, each one of which is 
provided with a suitable assembly room, a library of well selected books, 
furnished with modern desks and an adequate teaching force. The question 
of attendance further hampered by the increased distance of some pupils 
from the consolidated school, was solved by the use of school buses under 
the control of careful and skillful drivers to carry pupils to and from the 
schools. Since the consolidation of the various schools, the pupils have made 
wonderful advancement in comparison with former days. 

Another potent factor in the advancement of the rural schools of our 
county has been the introduction of the Four-H Clubs in the schools by 
Miss Ida Bell, and the Boys Club by our county farm agents, George Daniel 


1912-20 John B. Strong 
1920-28 Thomas G. Polhill 
1928-J. H. Melson 


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and John Anderson. These ideas were impracticable until the schools were 
consolidated, because the units were too small to justify the expense. 

These great improvements that were inaugurated in our county schools 
have been amplified and carried on under the efficient management of the 
present superintendent, J. H. Melson, who is a teacher of wide experience 
and ability, and who is in sympathy with every effort towards improvement. 

The following are the schools: Pleasant Hill at Abbottsford; Center and 
Gray Hill in the 5th district; Hillcrest in the 12th; Mountville; Oak Grove; 
Rosemont; Salem; Tatum. 

Personnel of the County Schools. The personnel of the county 
schools under the supervision of J. H. Melson follows: 


Abbottsford 

.H. B. Coleman and two teachers 

Center 

J. D. Whiteside and six teachers 

Gray Hill . 

K. T. Wilson and four teachers 

Hillcrest 

_H. B. Clay and three teachers 

Mmmtville _ _ 

H. M. Perry and four teachers 

Oak Grove_ 

_Frank Cain and three teachers 

Rosemont.... ... 

..O. T. Harmon and seven teachers 


Salem_Miss Ruth Boyles 

Tatum_H. R. Sims and three teachers 

Troup County Academy. The Troup County Academy was chartered 
in 1827, and in 1828 was located on the present site of Hillview Cemetery 
in LaGrange. The students of the academy used water from a spring on 
the grounds of the Church Street Park, the former Ridley place. Among 
the teachers of this academy are noted Judge Orville A. Bull, Judge Blount 
C. Ferrell, and Lem Robertson. In 1838 the property was transferred to 
the trustees of the LaGrange High School, who sold the property to the 
city for a cemetery. 

Franklin Academy. This academy was chartered in 1827, and incor¬ 
porated on December 26, 1831, at the same time as the incorporation of 
the town of Franklin, and was located in land lot 283 of 5th district on 
the present site of the high school. On December 24, 1832, the name of 
the town and of the academy were changed to the name of West Point 
Academy. 

Pleasant Grove Academy. This academy was chartered by the Gen¬ 
eral Assembly of Georgia in 1827, but no names were mentioned in the 
charter. It is probable that the old Pleasant Grove School was the site, but 
there are no records available to verify this. 

Vernon Academy. Chartered on December 22, 1829, with the follow¬ 
ing named trustees: Woody Dozier, Willis Whatley, Elliott Reid, Wiley J. 
Sterling, and Ira Allen. It was chartered as an accessory to the town of 












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Vernon on the Chattahoochee, which had been an aspirant for the location 
of the county seat in 1828. The academy, like the town, now exists in 
memory only. 

LaGrange Female Academy. Incorporated on December 26, 1831, this 
was the school which was developed into LaGrange Female College. This 
academy has the distinction of being the first incorporated institution for 
the instruction of women only in the state of Georgia. The history will 
be treated under the history of LaGrange Female College. 

West Point Female Academy. This academy was chartered and incor¬ 
porated on December 2 5, 1837, with the following trustees: Beaman H. 
Martin, Benjamin P. Robinson, William Reid, Dickerson, Burnham, John 
M. Russell, John C. Webb, and Edward B. Terrell. This academy was 
operated for some time, probably up to the time of the war in 1861, and 
formed the nucleus of the Female College afterwards built in 1868. 

LaGrange High School. This school was chartered on December 28, 
1838, with the following board of trustees: N. N. Smith, Benjamin Cam¬ 
eron, William A. Redd, Jesse Bull, John E. Gage, Bennett M. Ware, Wilie 
Womack, Andrew Battle, and James K. Redd. The property of the Troup 
County Academy was donated to them by the trustees of that institution, 
which was sold, and a site bought on the eastern side of the town between 
Hill and Greenville streets and east of King Street. The site contained 
about twenty acres, and fronted 750 feet on the present Hill Street. This 
school was presided over by some well known educators, Otis Smith, Carlisle 
Beman, Threlkeld, Hodges, Mooty and Jones. On October 14, 1843, the 
property was purchased by Joseph T. Montgomery, and it is probable that 
he induced Carlisle Beman, then president of Oglethorpe University, to take 
charge of the school. At a later date it was in possession of the LaGrange 
Board of Education, who sold the school site to a company to use as a race 
track, and the school was moved further west to the intersection of Hill 
and Greenville. This in turn was sold by the city to Robert E. and Edward 
Park, and the building removed to Park Avenue and operated as a boarding 
school for boys. A few years later it was destroyed by fire. 

Home Academy. Chartered on December 3 1, 1838, with the following 
named trustees: William Christian, William E. Marcus, Peachy Bledsoe, 
William M. Fincher, Elkanah Talley, Thomas Tatom, George Wells, and 
Samuel Cartright. The location of this academy cannot be definitely stated 
as the names of the trustees constitute the only clue. Probably in the south¬ 
ern part of the county, but possibly in the eastern. 

West Point Female College. While the college may have been a 
development of the West Point Female Academy, it was organized as a 
college mainly through the efforts of Major McClendon, and financed by a 


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stock company in 1868. In November, 1873, it was destroyed by a storm, 
but was rebuilt in 1874 by the city council under the administration of 
B. F. Reid as mayor. Colonel A. P. Mooty was one of the presidents, and 
was in charge in 1874, at which time there were about a hundred students 
in attendance. 

The LaGrange Public Schools. Education in LaGrange for many 
years was dependent on her colleges, the high school for boys, and several 
private schools, all of which received a small addition to their income from 
the state school fund through the county school commissioner. The Gen¬ 
eral Assembly of Georgia had passed several acts enabling the city of La¬ 
Grange to establish a system of public schools, and in the early part of 
1903, an election was held to authorize an issue of bonds for the construc¬ 
tion of school facilities to the amount of $25,000.00, and the citizens 
approved the measure by an overwhelming majority. 

The following Board of Education was elected by the city council to 
put the system into operation: F. M. Longley, who was chosen as chairman, 
T. A. Atkinson, J. H. Edmondson, H. R. Slack, C. L. Smith, W. L. Cleave- 
land, and John D. Edmundson, mayor and ex-officio member. The high 
school, now Harwell Avenue, was erected at a cost of $13,000.00; East 
LaGrange and the Union Street colored school, for $4,500.00, and the bal¬ 
ance up to $20,000.00 was used for desks and apparatus. 

Clifford L. Smith was chosen as the first superintendent; James E. Ricket- 
son as High School principal; Miss Lulu Ward as principal of East LaGrange, 
and Miss Fleming Ward as principal of Unity School, conducted in a build¬ 
ing furnished by the Unity Cotton Mills. An additional colored school 
was established as Hill Street in the old colored academy. 

The construction of Elm City Mills in 1905 and the Unity Spinning 
Mills in 1909 soon overcrowded the Unity School, for which temporary 
provision was made on Oak Street for the first grade, but finally resulted 
in the construction of the Unity School on Wilkes Street, and the enlarge¬ 
ment of Union Street. The High School was built in 1914 at an approxi¬ 
mate cost of $36,000.00. The system at that time included the High 
School on north Greenwood Street, Harwell Avenue Grammar School, Unity 
Grammar School, East LaGrange Grammar School on Johnson Street, and 
a kindergarten school on Dixie Street, and the two colored schools, Union 
Street and Hill Street. 

In 1920, the city limits were enlarged to a two-mile radius, and the 
Southwest LaGrange School and the Dunson School added to the city sys¬ 
tem, and a colored school in the Valley Waste village. 

In 1922, the Dawson Street School was built to replace the East LaGrange 
School, which was abandoned and razed; and the East Depot School for 


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colored students was erected in the same year; the High School was enlarged 
and a gymnasium added in 1921; the Domestic Science building was added 
to the High School group on Greenwood Street. In 1931, the Junior High 
School was erected on Hill Street. The present system includes the follow¬ 
ing schools: 

High School on Greenwood Street. 

Junior High School on Hill Street. 

Harwell Avenue Grammar School. 

Dawson Street Grammar School. 

Southwest LaGrange School on Washington Street. 

Dunson School on the Atlanta Highway. 

Unity School on Wilkes Street. 

Union Street colored school. 

East Depot Street colored school. 

The story of the LaGrange Public Schools would be incomplete without 
paying tribute to the excellent work of James E. Ricketson as principal of 
the High School until he became president of the Southern Female College, 
and his able successor, Thomas G. Polhill, afterwards the superintendent 
of the Troup County schools, and their associates, for the establishment of 
a standard of scholarship beyond reproach, and to these at a later date was 
added the work of Robert L. Cowart as principal. The painstaking work 
in the early years of the schools of Miss Lulu Ward and her sister, Miss 
Fleming Ward, in preparing the way for fuller upper grades, which were 
pitifully small in the beginning. The Southwest LaGrange School under 
the superintendency of Chilton W. Coleman before the merger constituted 
a powerful factor in the later expansion of the schools by the excellent 
preparatory work accomplished. Since 1916 the LaGrange schools have 
been under the care of Superintendent F. F. Rowe, under whom they have 
made great progress in development of scholarship, and have added an en¬ 
viable record of athletic activities. 


Superintendents: 

Clifford L. Smith ...___1903-16 

F. F. Rowe-1916— 

West Point Public Schools. The West Point Public Schools were 


operated as part of the county system until 1876, when a local board of 
education was authorized. In 1879 on August 9, the board was composed 
of nine members, the terms of three members expiring every year. On 
August 20, 1906, the pro rata of the school fund of West Point was author¬ 
ized to be paid direct. 




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The utilization of the West Point Academy as a nucleus for the system 
and with some additions was found to be adequate for the demands of the 
schools. A large per cent, of West Point citizens in the business sense are 
political citizens of Alabama, and the colored population of the Georgia 
side is small in proportion to the white. The population of the textile plants 
are all in Alabama. Yet the normal growth of the thriving city on the 
banks of the Chattahoochee increased the demands of the school on the 
hill, and in 1932 a handsome, commodious, and well arranged high school 
was built, which would be a credit to a veritable metropolis. 

The number of superintendents testifies to the merits of these well known 
educators by their long service: A. P. Mooty was the first, serving under 
the chairmanship of John R. Scott; J. W. McKemie; Norman C. Miller; 
J. E. Purks; Walter P. Thomas, and the present incumbent, W. Terrell 
Harrison. 

Hogansville Public Schools. The public schools of Hogansville were 
established in 1893 in conformity to an act passed by the General Assembly 
of Georgia during that year. The school was located in the northern part 
of the town in a small wooden building. In 1896 the old small building 
was replaced by a larger wooden structure, which at the time seemed to be 
ample for the accommodation of pupils for some time to come. The con¬ 
struction of the Hogansville Manufacturing Company in 1899 caused an 
influx of students which soon filled the school to overflowing and neces¬ 
sitated the use of temporary quarters for some of the classes. The new brick 
schoolhouse and auditorium was erected in 1919, and again there seemed 
to be plenty of room. The construction of the Stark Mills in 1922-23 
complicated the situation once more, and resulted in the construction of 
the new High School in 1932. 

Among the early teachers of the Hogansville schools are noted the names 
of Mrs. Sarah Covin and her husband, John H. Covin, and A. F. Trimble. 
The superintendents include the following: Marvin Williams, Duval Jack- 
son, J. B. Sammons, E. B. Strozier, J. T. McGehee, McLarty, and the present 
incumbent, O. C. Lam. 


CHAPTER XVIII. LITERATURE AND ARTS 


ill aGRANGE DAILY NEWS. In any record of the literature of a 
III 0 community, the editors of the newspapers hold a prominent place, 
inasmuch as a great part of the progress of a community is mirrored in, 
and influenced by the attitude of the papers of the community. Troup 
County has been fortunate in having so many able editors. 

The present LaGrange News has had several names during its long and 
honorable career. It was launched as the LaGrange Herald in 1843, and 
later was called The Chattahoochee. In the early sixties it bore the name 
of The LaGrange Reporter , which name was retained up to the time of 
the merger of the LaGrange Reporter , the LaGrange Graphic and the Shuttle 
in the year 1928. Since that time it has borne the name of LaGrange Daily 
News. 

In Avery’s History of Journalism in Georgia, he tells us that the La¬ 
Grange Herald, then a weekly, was founded by Dr. Bronson. William J. 
Scott was an early editor. Judge Alexander M. Speer, for many years promi¬ 
nent in the political history of South Carolina and Georgia, was one of the 
senior editors. Thomas J. Bacon, one of the most brilliant members of the 
ante bellum bar of LaGrange, was the editor until 1861 at the beginning of 
the war. He was mayor of LaGrange at the time and was one of the first 
to volunteer and was a Captain in the 27th Georgia Volunteer Infantry. 
He was killed at Seven Pines on May 31, 1862, and was the first LaGrange 
man killed on the battlefield. 

C. H. C. Willingham was the editor during the war and the reconstruc¬ 
tion days. He was an able and fearless writer and his intense loyalty to 
the South, and his denunciations of Federal injustice came near causing his 
arrest several times. 

Another editor was John T. Waterman, who was a man of brilliant intel¬ 
lect and courtly manners. He conducted the Reporter for eight years, 
making a great success of his management. 

Rev. S. Pope Callaway, son of James Callaway, one of the Troup pioneers, 
is remembered most happily as editor of the Reporter for many years by 
the old citizens now living in the county. He was noted for his cultured 
English, his grasp of thought, and his force of expression. After his death 
in 1896, his wife, Mrs. Ellen Patillo Callaway assumed the management and 
called to her assistance W. W. Randall, an experienced editor and newspaper 
man. Some time later she gave the management to her son, James Pope 
Callaway, during whose administration the daily was instituted. 

In 1902, George E. Billinghurst became manager and editor, and with 
him was associated W. W. Randall. In 1904, J. O. Bell purchased the plant 


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and became manager and editor. The property again changed hands and 
J. A. Perry became manager and editor for some time. 

The next editor was John H. Jones, who became the state senator from 
our 37th district in 1921-22. He was also the author of "Americanism,” 
a book of observations and records of the World War. Many of the suc¬ 
ceeding managers and editors were never very closely identified with local 
interests, and did not leave much impression upon the memory of the read¬ 
ers. Some of these were Williams, Mahaffey, Henry Emory, Howard, Paul 
Porter. The present manager and editor is Roy C. Swank, who is able and 
efficient. 

The LaGrange Graphic. This paper commenced publication on Jan¬ 
uary 7, 1888, under the management of C. R. Hawkes and W. W. Randall. 
After some time Hawkes was replaced by Roe C. Ward, and this continued 
until Randall was employed as editor of the Reporter , when Orville Gus- 
tavus Cox became editor of the Graphic. Associated with him was G. 
A. B. Tomlinson, and from this gifted pair came many sparkling gems of 
prose and poetry. After his death in 1903, he was succeeded by the follow¬ 
ing editors and managers: James B. Ridley, Marvin M. Dickinson, Samuel 
G. Woodall, Roy McGinty, James B. Daniel, W. A. Richardson. After 
these the paper was merged with the Reporter under the name of LaGrange 
Daily News. 

The West Point News. This newspaper is the medium of news of 
West Point and the Chattahoochee valley industrial plants, and was estab¬ 
lished by Joseph Hames. He was succeeded by W. Trox Bankston, whose 
facile pen enriched the pages for many years. Bankston was a member of 
the legislature for our county in 1917-18. Upon his change of residence 
to the city of Covington, the editorship and management fell upon the 
shoulders of John Coffee and his son, who are the present operators of the 
paper. 

The Hogansville Headlight. This newspaper was established in 1897 
by J. R. Kendall and George E. Billinghurst. After Billinghurst removed 
to LaGrange, Rev. George W. Morgan became the editor. He was followed 
by R. H. Jackson, who was editor up to the time that it ceased publication. 

The Shuttle. This paper was established as a paper ministering to the 
news of the southern textile plants in 1919 under the management of Mrs. 
Ethel Thomas, who added to the interest of the pages with a weekly letter 
under the pen-name of "Aunt Becky.” She was succeeded by Mrs. C. J. 
Lewis for a short time, and she was followed by Miss Eleanor Orr, who was 
manager until it was merged with the Reporter in 1928 under the name 
of the LaGrange Daily News. 


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145 


Our Papers. The end and aim of these papers of Troup County has 
ever been to bring the news to its readers in an entertaining manner, to 
uphold the lofty principles of our government, to promote civic and urban 
growth, and to disseminate culture and enlightenment among the readers. 
The modern editors have striven and succeeded in carrying forward the 
high moral policies established years ago by the pioneer editors. 

Literature. A tea for authors given by the trustees of the LaGrange 
Memorial Library in September of 1933, as a feature of the observance of 
the Georgia Bicentennial program, brought out the fact that Troup County 
has produced a number of writers of note. The display included the work 
of the following Troup County authors: 

Mrs. Oreon Mann Smith, a novel, The Novice. She was the wife of 
Rufus W. Smith, president of LaGrange Female College, and was a teacher 
of distinction in Georgia schools for more than fifty years. 

Mrs. Addie Bull Tomlinson, a poem, Missionary. She was the wife of 
J. M. Tomlinson, a portrait painter, and the mother of Mrs. Mary Tuggle 
and gifted son, G. A. B. Tomlinson. 

Gustavus Adolphus Bull Tomlinson, a volume of poems, The Old Brigade 
and other poems. He was the son of the above. This talented family 
added greatly to the culture of Troup County. 

Orville Gustavus Cox, a volume of poems, Elms and Roses. He was 
editor of the LaGrange Graphic , and was mayor of LaGrange in 1903-04. 

Frank Harwell, a volume of poems, In a Garden. He was judge of the 
City Court of Troup County, 1905-16; judge of the Court of Appeals. 
Flis friend, William Cole Jones says of his poems, "He will stand revealed 
as one whose crowning gift is a fine responsiveness to the beauty of nature 
and the worth of man.” He lives in Decatur at present, but Troup County 
still calls him her son by virtue of his long residence there. 

Mrs. Jewel Faver Glass and her talented daughter, Katherine Faver Glass, 
have had many poems published in the newspapers, and they each have 
several poems on trees in rr Poems of Trees,” a Sidney Lanier Memorial. 

Carrie Fall Benson, plays and poems. She has written five plays, two 
of which, "Fiddlin Fellow ” and "Timbers,” were sold to the Carolina Play¬ 
ers, and produced in many cities of the country. The other three, "Deco- 
rous Days,” "Porcelain Heartbreak,” and "Mickleberry Manor,” have been 
produced at LaGrange College and before many organizations of women. 
She has written many charming poems, which have been published in poetry 
magazines and in anthologies. 

Charles Stakeley, a volume of poems. He was a minister of note, and 
was pastor for many years at Augusta, Georgia, and at Washington, D. C. 
He died at Montgomery, Alabama, in 1932. 


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Mrs. Lottie Anne Spikes, a volume, Memories. She was the wife of L. E. 
Spikes. She was a contributor to the columns of the Banner Herald. 

John Franklin Edwards, a volume. The Red Book. He was a member of 
the 3 5th Georgia Volunteer Infantry, C. S. A., the father of Mrs. R. L. 
Hammett. The book is an autobiography of Confederate service. 

John H. Jones, a volume, Americanism. He was an editor of the La- 
Grange Reporter, and our Georgia state senator in 1921-22. 

Ulrich Bonnell Phillips, a history, Life and Labor in the Old South. He 
is the most celebrated writer of LaGrange origin, son of J. R. Phillips and 
nephew of Robert M. Young. His history of the ante bellum South is fear¬ 
less in style, clear cut, and enlightening, yet giving to facts an interesting 
and picturesque touch. He was awarded a prize offered by Little, Brown 
and Company for the best unpublished history manuscript, the publication 
of which won for him the Kahn Fellowship Foundation, which is awarded 
for unusual attainment and gives a year of leisure for travel and rest from 
work. He is now professor of American History at the University of 
Michigan. 

Mrs. Arabella Dawson Hill, a volume, Mrs. Hill’s Cook Book. She was 
the wife of Judge E. Y. Hill, and daughter of John E. Dawson, founder 
of Southern Female College at LaGrange. Her book was for a long time 
the supreme authority on all forms of cookery, and many of her recipes 
are still in use. 

Clifford Lewis Smith, a booklet, Birds and Trees of Troup County. He 
is the author of this volume. 

Belle Boddie, contributions, Early Recollections of Troup County. She 
has recorded the recollections of her mother, Mrs. Aley Womack Smith 
Boddie, the wife of Thomas A. Boddie, with great charm and dignity. They 
were published in the LaGrange Graphic. In addition to these contribu¬ 
tions, she has had many other articles accepted by papers and magazines. 

Edward Thomas Moon, a history, Class of 1893 of University of Georgia. 
A history of the achievements of the class of 1893, written in a clear and 
entertaining manner by one of its members. 

Mrs. Annie Bass Hill, poems. She is the wife of B. H. Hill of West 
Point. She has written many poems of merit and distinction, which have 
been published in the Atlanta Constitution , the New York Times, and in 
several magazines. She is a member of the Atlanta Writers Club. 

Anderson M. Scruggs, poems. His boyhood was spent in West Point. 
His most widely known poem, " Glory to Them,” is a glorification of the 
toilers of the earth. This poem has been published in thirty magazines, 
anthologies, and newspapers, and appeared in an English anthology of the 
best poems of 1930. He is professor of histology and embryology at the 


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Southern Dental College, and is a member of the Poetry Society of America, 
and of the Atlanta Writers Club. 

Nellie Sue Bailey, poems. She is a student at LaGrange College, and 
has had several poems published in the local papers, and one included in 
the volume of Trees —the Sidney Lanier Memorial. 

Benjamin Harvey Hill, addresses and orations. He was one of the dis¬ 
tinguished orators of America, prominent in state and national affairs. 
Many of his addresses have a wide circulation. His official positions are 
noted in the roster of Officials and Old Citizens. 

Painting. Our county has been fortunate in having many exponents 
of art in color and in form in the communities, and emanating from the 
colleges. Some of these have bestowed their artistic creations on friends 
and loved ones, and enriched the walls of many homes. Some of these 
artists and teachers follow: Mamie Stakeley, an early instructor; Lucy 
Carpenter, whose specialty was wax flowers; J. M. Tomlinson, portrait 
painter; Mamie Holifield, an artistic artist; Mrs. Ada Wooten Shaw, Mrs. 
Pearl Long Smith, Roberta Black, Viola Burks, and many others. All of 
the above have received awards of merit for pictures exhibited at state and 
local fairs and exhibitions. Vance Cotter also won recognition with his 
etchings and pen and ink work. William Lamar Dodd, son of Rev. F. J. 
Dodd, has exhibited some beautiful water colors in Philadelphia at the 
Feragil, and in the International Exhibit at New York. He received a 
scholarship in the Art League of New York for excellence of his work. 

Music. From the early days to the present, the citizens of LaGrange 
and of the entire county have enjoyed unusual opportunities in culture 
and entertainment and instruction on account of the presence of masters 
of art, music, and literature in the colleges, and from the celebrities who 
came to our communities under the auspices of our educational institutions. 
Among these passing celebrities are noted: Walter Emerson, premier cornet- 
ist of the world; Thomas Nelson Page, author and ambassador to England; 
Governor Bob Taylor, the inimitable entertainer; Rumenji, the master violin¬ 
ist; Blumenstein, the matchless cello player of the Boston Quintet Club; 
these and many more through the colleges; William J. Bryan, the orator 
and statesman; and John Burroughs, the naturalist; the last two through the 
public schools. Among the musicians that have contributed to the technique 
and appreciation of music, and became identified with our county as citizens 
are noted many names: Alwyn Means Smith, a talented singer and master 
of music, and his wife, Mrs. Laura Crane Smith, a finished singer and musi¬ 
cian; Herman Schirmacher, musician and orchestral expert; John Norman, 
pianist and organist; Louis Alberti, singer and choral expert; Mrs. Pauline 


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Witherspoon Hutchinson, the golden-voiced soprano; Mrs. Jennie Evans 
Bradfield, the matchless contralto; Eula Render, Mrs. Ethel Dallis Hill, and 
Mrs. Gene Covin Farmer and her talented daughters, all violinists of the 
highest order; Mrs. Mary Will Cleaveland Thompson, Mrs. Annie Lizzie 
Strong Park, Sallie Cox, and Viola Burks, artistic pianists and organists; a 
host of others, of which those above were only types. 


CHAPTER XIX. PUBLIC BUILDINGS 


T HE COURTHOUSE. In 1827 the first session of Troup County 
Superior Court was at a private home west of the town of LaGrange, 
since the county seat had not been selected by the Inferior Court, and in 
fact the selection was made in the spring of 1828. The old brick court¬ 
house was erected in 1830, and the accompanying jail was located on the 
site of the present city hall. The original jail was replaced by a brick struc¬ 
ture in 1845, which was built by Benjamin H. Cameron. In 1892 the jail 
site was changed to the present one under the administration of M. L. Flem¬ 
ing as chairman of the Troup County Commissioners, and the present struc¬ 
ture was built in that year. The other commissioners were J. M. Callaway, 
J. P. Baker, J. E. Smith, and W. J. Hammett, and the builder was William 
L. Landrum. 

The old courthouse was supplemented at a later date by two small offices 
separated by a vault. These were for the accommodation of the County 
Clerk and the Ordinary, and were located on the eastern edge of the court¬ 
house plat, which was inclosed by an octagonal iron fence. This fence was 
afterwards used to inclose the Confederate Cemetery. The old brick court¬ 
house and the offices were dismantled in 1904, and while the work of demoli¬ 
tion was ill progress, O. G. Cox, talented poet and editor of the LaGrange 
Graphic , penned the following lines: 

“The march of time had ordered that the old courthouse should go. 

It was shoddy and old-fashioned and out of time, I know. 

But I’m thinking of the vanished scenes in the long ago. 

Alford is grandly thundering, 

Dougherty is pleading, and Edward Hill is there! 

Bull is weighing justice with scales balanced fair. 

Haralson in argument is pealing strong and clear, 

Ben Hill sees on furrowed cheek the tribute of a tear. 

Gordon’s youthful visage, bright eyes aflame! 

Ferrell, clear and brilliant, and a host whom I could name.” 

In 1904, the present courthouse was built under the administration of 
Charles H. Griffin as chairman, and ably assisted in the work by the other 
members of the Board of Commissioners, J. M. Callaway, W. J. Hardy, J. F. 
Market, and Frank Word, and Frank Harwell as clerk of the board. It 
was built by C. C. Totherow and Company as the contractors. 

The LaGrange Post Office. The time of waiting in the lobby of the 
old post offices was formerly spent in political discussion, and the transmis¬ 
sion of social news, otherwise known as gossip. The gathering time was the 
arrival of the mail train, and the waiting time during the distribution in 


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the various boxes until "General Delivery” was open. The records of the 
early days are not kept in the local office and the memory of old citizens, 
some of which have blank intervals, furnish the source of all available in¬ 
formation. The earliest location of the office in the memory of the author 
was a wooden building about where the Howard Garage is situated on Church 
Street, and Captain W. S. Evans was the postmaster. This was during the 
first Cleveland administration in 1884. It was next moved to the west side 
of Ridley Avenue near the Misses Young store, and Moses R. Kirby was the 
postmaster. The next move was to the east side of Main Street, and the 
postmaster was William Laird, who was not previously a citizen of LaGrange. 
In 1905 the office was moved to the corner now occupied by the A. & P. 
store, as the National Bank had leased the old quarters on Main Street, and 
on this site Mrs. N. F. Awtry presided as postmistress. 

In 1911 the present Federal building was erected as a post office, and con¬ 
tinues to be the office until the present date. This is a modern building with 
all the conveniences necessary for the reception and forwarding of mail. 
The addition of the convenience of the parcel post was established about 
1917, some time later than the erection of this building. The present courte¬ 
ous and obliging postmaster is Walter L. Turner, who succeeded Mrs. Awtry. 

The West Point Post Office. The thriving city of West Point and 
the adjoining part of the city that lies in Alabama also have a Federal build¬ 
ing as a post office, the erection of which was completed in 1932. It is on 
the west side of the river on the south side of 8 th Street, almost on the 
Alabama state line. 

City Hall of LaGrange. The city hall of LaGrange was erected in 
1926, during the administration of Grover C. Hunter as mayor, with the 
approval of the following members of the city council: F. J. Pike, R. L. 
Render, Roy Dallis, E. D. Phillips, J. E. Borders, and A. C. Dunson. The 
building was designed by Lockwood and Poundstone, and constructed by the 
LaGrange Lumber and Supply Company. The cornerstone was laid by W. D. 
Richardson, Grandmaster of Georgia Freemasons. 

The building is located on the northeast intersection of Haralson and 
Ridley Avenue on the site of the old county jail. It provides commodious 
city offices for the clerk and the city engineer, a comfortable room for a 
council chamber, and in the basement the city police office and the city 
prison. The city clerk is J. H. Moss, and the city engineer, G. H. Sargent. 

West Point Auditorium. This modern structure is a credit to the city 
of West Point, and houses the welfare activities of the community, and the 
headquarters of this district of scouts under the leadership of Grady Brad- 


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shaw. The city offices are located on the corner of First Avenue and Ninth 
Street. Further details and dates were not obtainable. 

Hogansville City Hall. The city hall of Hogansville was erected in 
1924, during the administration of Mayor Daniel. It is located on the south 
side of Main Street a short distance from the railroad station, which is the 
center of the corporate limits of the city. Upon the cornerstone appears the 
following information: "Hogansville City Hall, 1924; G. G. Daniel, Mayor; 
C. C. Nall; R. E. Daniel; B. F. Rosser; W. P. Wilkes; B. R. Williams, Sr.; 
R. H. Utting, clerk.’* The building is a credit to the enterprise of this 
energetic city. 

The Dunson Hospital. This hospital was originally the LaGrange Sana¬ 
torium, which was chartered November 24, 1902, by H. R. Slack, F. M. 
Ridley, H. W. Terrell, T. S. Bradfield, F. E. Callaway, J. E. Dunson, C. V. 
Truitt, W. A. Reeves, and A. T. Dallis. The Sanatorium was sponsored by 
Dr. H. R. Slack, who was a large contributor in the subscription to the 
enterprise, and it was operated by him until 1916, when it was purchased 
by the city of LaGrange in response to a bequest by Joseph E. Dunson, who 
died in that year. The bequest was stipulated as a fund of $10,000.00 for 
the erection of a municipal hospital, and in addition a maintenance fund of 
$500.00 annually for five years for the operation of the hospital. The city 
purchased the Sanatorium for $20,000.00 by adding $10,000.00 from the 
city treasury. The Sanatorium was valued at a larger sum, but Dr. and 
Mrs. Slack donated the excess value to the hospital. 

The Dunson Hospital began operations with forty beds, and included a 
colored ward in accordance with the conditions of the bequest. At a later 
date the hospital was enlarged to accommodate sixty beds and an X-ray 
laboratory. A training school for nurses was conducted for a time. 

Among those citizens who have served as trustees, or directors, of the 
hospital are found the names of H. H. Childs, Jarrell Dunson, T. J. Thorn¬ 
ton, F. S. Tatum, J. J. Milam, and C. N. Pike. The present board consists 
of C. N. Pike, R. O. Pharr, T. G. Polhill, Richard Hutchinson, and Mayor 
R. S. O’Neal, ex-officio member. 

The superintendents of the hospital are named in the order of their service 
in the hospital: Freda Walters, Ethelyn Patterson, Grace Hudson, and 
Catherine Shriver McDuffie, the present incumbent. 

LaGrange Memorial Library. The LaGrange Woman’s Club bought 
from G. B. Heard, administrator of the Heard property, the house and lot 
on Church Street in 1911 for a club house. Even at this early date, a public 
library was being discussed by the club, but the income from the rental of 
the house was used for liquidating the indebtedness, and all the remaining 


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available funds were used during the World War and the following years 
for the care of war orphans and Red Cross projects. Finally, on March 1, 
1921, during the administration of Mrs. Howard Park as president of the 
club, and with Mrs. Clifford Smith as chairman of the library committee, 
a small library of three hundred volumes was installed in the assembly room 
of the club house. So generous were the gifts to this little collection that 
in a month’s time it numbered two thousand volumes. The chief gift was 
the reference library from the Southern College, donated by the Render 
family. 

The Woman’s Club bore all the expense of maintenance of the library for 
three years, after which the city began to appropriate a small sum towards 
its support. A reading room was added to the library at a cost of $800.00, 
which was open to the public for one or two days each week. The library 
soon outgrew its quarters, and the club members began to agitate the ques¬ 
tion of erecting a larger and more convenient building for the library. 

As a result of this agitation in 1924, Joseph H. Edmondson made a most 
generous and attractive proposition to the club women, viz.: that he would 
contribute $5,000.00 toward a library building, if the club and the citizens 
of the town would raise $10,000.00. In response to this proposal, in 192 5 
Hubert Quillian, secretary of the South-West LaGrange Y. M. C. A., was 
asked by the Woman’s Club to take the chairmanship of the library move¬ 
ment. The club as an organization had promised to contribute $1,000.00 
in cash and its valuable lot on Church Street and the sum to be obtained 
from the sale of the old house on the site as a nucleus to build a library 
and Woman’s Club room. The club also promised to contribute its books, 
then valued at $3,000.00. In addition, fifteen members of the club had met 
previously and had subscribed $1,500.00 as their personal gifts to the con¬ 
struction. 

The matter was presented to the Rotary Club by Hubert Quillian in such 
an attractive and interesting manner that the club took over the project and 
with their characteristic enthusiasm and energy, they achieved the astounding 
success of securing $25,000.00 in subscriptions in one day. It was suggested 
and adopted by all the interested parties that the library should be dedicated 
as a memorial to the soldiers who suffered and died in the World War. 

The Troup County Library Association was formed with Hubert M. Quil¬ 
lian as president, a constitution was adopted and a charter secured; and plans 
drawn by Ernest D. Ivey of Atlanta were accepted, and a contract for build¬ 
ing a public library and a Woman’s Club room was let to the LaGrange 
Lumber and Supply Company. This handsome library was completed in 
November, 1926, and dedicated on Armistice Day to the veterans of the 


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World War as a memorial to those who suffered and died in that great con¬ 
flict. 

The library was opened to the public on December 6, 1926. It now has 
nearly seven thousand volumes, a very good reference collection, and all the 
leading magazines. In 1932 the total circulation was 33,716 volumes. It 
is supported by the City of LaGrange and the Woman’s Club, the city con¬ 
tributes $1,200.00 yearly to the support and the club pays the deficit and 
adds to the library. 

Miss Jeannette Wilhoite has acted as the librarian since its beginning in 
1921. Her efficiency and charm have contributed in a large measure to the 
usefulness and popularity of the library. 

The present board of trustees are as follows: J. H. Edmondson, Presi¬ 
dent; Mrs. Clifford Smith, Vice-President; Render Dallis, Secretary; Robert 
Hutchinson, Treasurer; Mrs. J. E. Dunson, Jr.; Miss Mary Nix; Cason J. 
Callaway; H. W. Caldwell, and W. H. Turner, Jr. 

Hawkes Children’s Library. In 1873 four young men of West Point, 
Scott Todd, Morris Herzberg, Theodor Mayer, and H. Blumenfield, formed a 
reading club. They met in the rear of the Herzberg jewelry store, where 
they kept their books, and read and discussed them. 

A few years later the Young Men’s Library Association was formed. A 
room was obtained, the books installed, and a librarian secured. Other mem¬ 
bers who joined at this time were Shep Shepherd, LaFayette Lanier, Daniel 
Merz, and H. Heyman. This library finally became the nucleus of the pres¬ 
ent Hawkes Children’s Library, which was established through the activity 
of the West Point Woman’s Club. 

A. K. Hawkes, a philanthropic citizen of Atlanta, becoming interested 
through the influence of Mrs. C. E. Patillo, left a bequest of $7,500.00 for 
a children’s library at West Point. The result of the bequest is the attractive 
library building on the west bank of the Chattahoochee. Mrs. S. O. Cundy, 
sister of Mr. Hawkes, supplemented this gift with a contribution of more 
than $5,000.00, the income from which is used for the purchase of books 
for the library. On September 29, 1922, the library was opened with appro¬ 
priate ceremonies. 

The library is supported by the city and the West Point Woman’s Club. 
Mrs. Mary Poer Oslin has been the efficient and courteous librarian from the 
time of its establishment, and her profound interest has been a great factor 
in the success and upbuilding of the library. On January 1, 1932, there 
were 4,575 volumes in the library. 


CHAPTER XX. CHURCHES 


(Jllr^HERE ARE many churches and chapels in the county, and there are 
III some which have moved from their original location to a more con¬ 
venient site, and a few of the old buildings have come into the possession of 
the colored people by gift or by purchase. The following list of the churches 
gives all that are known to the author: 

Baptist, Missionary 


Name 


County Line 


LaGrange, First 


Mountville 


Union 


Emmaus _ 

Flat Shoals 
LaGrange .. 
Lebanon _ 


West Point 


Oak Street ... 

Oak Grove _ 

West Point _ 


Location 

Mountville Road. _ _ 

Pastor 

_M. G. Wilson 


_ —Hogansville.... 

_J. G. Graham 

Hogansville 

.„J. G. Graham 

T.aGrange .. _ _ _ 

_W. E. Howard 

T.aGrange 

__P. T. Layton 

T.aGrange .... . ... 

_C. S. Freeman 

_LaGrange._ ____ . _ - 

_J. B. Rice 

T.aGrangp 

C. M. Goforth 

.Long Cane_ 

Monntville 

.H. G. Bradshaw 

_J. W. Maltbie 

_Harrisonville_ 

R. F. t T.. Harris 

_Jones Crossroad_ 

H. G. Bradshaw 

West Vernon 

_H. G. Bradshaw 

West Point 

James H. Ivey 

- .. East Vernon_ _ _ 

R obert Crowder 

Baptist, Progressive 

Hogansvillpj east 

- Fuller 

_Smith Mill_ 

W. F. Mims 

_ T.aGrange - 

Fourth District .- 

Baptist, Primitive 

_ LaG ranee _ 

- Safterwhite 

Catholic 

_West Point - 

Christian 



-..C. W. Hanson 

Fourth District 


.West Point ... _ __ _ _ 

S P Sniped 

CONGREGATIONAL1ST 


.-LaGrange__ 


..Jesse Dollar 


Church of Christ 







































































Churches 


155 


Episcopal 

Name Location Pastor 

St. Marks_LaGrange_J. D. C. Wilson 

Good Shepherd -LaGrange, S. W...J. D. C. Wilson 

Holiness 

Jackson Street _LaGrange __ 

Jewish Synagogue 

Beth-El-West Point_David Marx 


Methodist 


Asbury _Hammett Road_ 

Bethel, West Point Circuit_Gabbettville, E_ 

Big Springs _Stovall Road_ 

Dixie _LaGrange_ 

Dunson _LaGrange- 

Harmony, West Point Circuit.Abbottsford, W- 

Hogansville _Hogansville_ 

LaGrange, First_:_LaGrange_ 

LaGrange, South _LaGrange_ 

Long Cane, West Point Circuit_Long Cane- 

Midway ......14th District- 

Mount Pleasant _Mountville- 

Pleasant Grove, West Point Circuit—Pleasant Grove- 

Saint James _Hogansville- 

Saint John _LaGrange- 

Salem -.-Salem- 

Trinity _LaGrange- 

Unity _LaGrange- 

West Point _West Point- 


_H. C. Holland 

-William Greenway 

_ W. E. Brown 

-L. B. Linn 

. William Greenway 

_H. C. Holland 

-L. M. Twiggs 

_W. E. Brown 

.—_ William Greenway 

-J. C. Adams, J. K. Brown 

_ W. E. Brown 

-William Greenway 

_H. C. Holland 

_C. A. Reese 

_J. R. Allen 

-G. T. Pittman 

-C. A. Reese 

_G. L. King 


Ebenezer — 
LaGrange — 
Loyd Chapel 
West Point 


Presbyterian 

-LaGrange-A. E. Dallas 

-Glass Bridge Road-A. R. Howland 

___West Point__ 


Salvation Army 

LaGrange -LaGrange -—- 

LaGrange First Methodist. The site for the town of LaGrange was 
purchased on March 5, 1828, and was surveyed and subdivided by the Inferior 
Court of Troup County a short time thereafter. As soon as the subdivisions 
were made, on one of the lots set aside for church purposes, the first church 
of LaGrange was erected, a log church on the site of the present Methodist 









































































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church. It was completed in 1828. On the same site in 1858, a brick 
church was built, which was replaced by the present structure in 1898. 

This church was under the jurisdiction of the South Carolina Conference 
from 1828 to 1832; of the Georgia Conference from 1833 to 1867; of the 
North Georgia Conference from 1868 to the present time. The first session 
of the Georgia Conference was held at LaGrange in 1833, and in 185 5, the 
Conference again assembled at LaGrange, at which session the question of 
purchasing LaGrange College was presented for consideration. 

From 1828 to 1839, the church had no pastor and shared with the other 
churches in this section a preacher on the Troup Circuit. In 1840, it was 
made a half-station, sharing the pastor with West Point. At that time the 
following were the only stations in the Georgia Conference: Athens, Au¬ 
gusta, Columbus, Macon, Milledgeville, Savannah, and Washington. 


Roster of the Pastors 


Anderson, W. D..1891-92 

Bigham, Robert W_1867-70; 93 

Boring, Isaac _1930-31 

Boring, Jesse _1829-30; 35; 57 

Burch, E. P_1859-60 

Chappell, J. D_1929-30 

Connor, W. G._1854-56 

Cooke, W. F_1863-64 

Crumley, W. M_1870-72 

Dillard, Walter B_1915-17 

Duncan, John P_1850-52 

Eakes, R. Frank_1901-04 

Ellis, John B-1927-30 

Evans, James E_1857-5 8 

Evans, W. FI_1853-54 

Foote, W. R_1852-53 

Gardner, G. E-1884-86 

Graham, Alex ___18 5 8-59 

Harris, Samuel A._1912-15 

Hopkins, Isaac S_1906-08 

Hughes, F. G_1893-95 

Hunter, J. D-1833-34 

Hunter, John _ 1828-29 

Irvine, W. T_1909-11 

Jarrell, A. J_1886-88 

Jenkins, John S._1924-27 

Key, Caleb W_1841-42; 60-62 

LaPrade, W. H_1877-79 

Ledbetter, S. B_1907-09 


Lewis, Josiah .. 

_1882-84 

Lewis, Walker _ 

_1907-09 

Matthews, W. D_ 

_1833-34 

Mitchell, Arch. H. 

_1830-31 

Norman, Jeremiah ... 

1831-32 

Parks, H. H__ 

_1874-75 

Payne, James B_ 

_1837-39 

Pope, Cademan _ 

..... 1880-82 

Quillian, A. F_ 


Quillian, Frank _ 

_1922-24 

Quillian, W. F_ 


Samford, Thomas ... 

.183 5-37; 

Scott, W. J_ 

-1872-74 

Shankle, A. G__ 


Smith, G. G_ 

-1875-77 

Smith, Rembert G. 

_1921-22 

Speer, E. W_ 


Starr, J. W_ 

_1832-33 

Thomas, A. C.. 

_1897-99 

Twiggs, L. M_ 

_1930- 

Tulley, John W_ 

-1846-48 

Wadsworth, W. W. 

.....1879-80 

Walton, Fletcher _ 

_1904-06 

Wasson, S. E_ 

_1917-18 

White, Miller F._ 

_1848-50 

Wiggins, James A..... 

_ 1842-45 

Williams, W. S_ 

_1831-32 

Wright, A. 

_1862-63 
















































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157 


LaGrange First Baptist. This church was organized on April 12, 1828, 
with Jonathan Nichols as chairman, and James David as supply minister, and 
a membership of eleven. Necey Fowler was the first person to join the new 
church. Mrs. S. C. Todd, in a reminiscent article published in the LaGrange 
Graphic in 1895, stated that the organization took place in the same building 
where the first court was held, at Nicholas Johnson’s house, and that Mr. 
and Mrs. Johnson, and Mr. and Mrs. Culberson, were among the eleven mem¬ 
bers. 

For a number of years the church worshipped in a building on the north¬ 
west corner of Bull and Broome streets. This property was deeded by the 
Inferior Court to the Presbyterian and Baptist churches on August 15, 1831, 
as one of the lots to be given by the county for religious purposes. There 
is also a record, which shows that the Baptist church owned a lot on Smith 
Street, which they sold to Robert A. T. Ridley on March 4, 1839, but there 
is no record of a church building on that lot. 

On October 12, 185 5, the congregation reached a decision to build a 
church of their own to seat from four to six hundred people, the building 
to be designed "upon the basis of the highest combination of simplicity and 
cheapness compatible with taste.” The present lot, known then as Howard’s 
Tavern, was selected. At the south end of the building was erected one of 
the tallest spires in the state, about one hundred seventy-five feet, according 
to the statements of some old citizens. In the interest of economy, this 
steeple was erected after the building was completed. It was destroyed in 
later years by a wind storm. 

In 1862, Benjamin H. Cameron was instructed to hang a bell in the steeple 
and "when it was properly hung, he would be paid.” The bell was uninjured 
in the fall of the steeple, and for many years was in use on a platform in 
the rear of the church. 

The basement of the church was impressed by the Confederate government 
for a hospital during the War Between the States. A sum of $368.00 was 
collected for the use of the basement, which sum was used to build a bap¬ 
tistry. Previous to this time, the baptisms were performed in the nearby 
creeks and the Chattahoochee River. Some time later, a marble pool, the 
gift of the late I. F. Cox, was installed. 

In 1884, an organ was installed, and Miss Sallie Cox was the first organist. 
Some time later a handsome three-manuel Skinner organ was erected after 
the remodeling of the church in 1922. 

In the remodeling of the church in 1922, parts of the old structure were 
undisturbed, the east wall being retained and parts of the roof, but the 
purity of its colonial architecture was not in any way disturbed. 


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Roster of 

Pastors 


Binns, Walter P. 

1926-31 

Moncrief, A. J._ 

_ .. 1899-02 

Callaway, S. Pnpe 

1865-67 

Moon, Jesse _ 

. .1840 

David, James ___ 

....1828 

Nunnally, G. A._ 

..1896-99 

Dawson, John E._ 

.....1842-47 

Posey, Humphrey .. 

...1838 

Ford, J. W_ 

_1886-87 

Reeves, James 

_1829-31 

Granberry, George 

....1841 

Smith, Otis _ 

___183 5-37 

Harden, M. B._ 

_1871-83 

Stokes, William H._ 

___...1832 

Harris, R H 

..1883-85 

Teague, E. B_ 

.....18 55-64 

Hornaday, H. C.__ 

_1867-71 

Tnmlin, G. S. 

.... 1891-95 

Howard, Willis E. 

1932- 

Tunnell, Spencer R. 

_ 1919-26 

McKay, R. R. 

1888-91 

Vaughan, A. B. ... 

1902-18 

Mallary, Charles D_ 

..1848-52 

Wood, John .. 

...1833-3 5 


LaGrange Presbyterian Church. On March 21, 1829, the Presbyte¬ 
rians of the village of LaGrange gathered together and organized a church. 
Three Presbyterian ministers were present: Garrett Hollenbeck, Edward 
Lanier and Jesse Stratton. 

The charter members of this church are as follows: 


Bailey, Nancy 
Baker, Mary 
Cameron, James 
Cameron, David 
Cameron, Mary 
Wadford, Alexander 
Watson, John M. 


Hall, Robert 
Hall, Cynthia 
Hall, Fidelia 
Hall, Carolyn 
Long, James E. 
Wilkinson, Flora 
Wilkinson, Margaret 


Robert Hall, Green Culberson, John M. Watson, and James H. Cameron 
were elected Ruling Elders, and James Long was appointed clerk. 

Many of the early settlers from other older states were Presbyterians, and 
they hastened to join by letter. A characteristic of the early churches was 
their strictness of discipline. One of the members was suspended in open 
session in 1832 for drunkenness, profanity and gambling. A committee was 
appointed to see the erring member and to admonish him to confess, repent, 
and reform. If he complied, he was forgiven; if not, he was called before 
the session, tried, and frequently suspended. 

The first report made by William A. Redd was as follows: 


1832 Total now in communion_ 38 

Added by examination_____ 6 

Added by certificate_ 4 

Dismissal by certificate_____ 5 

Adults baptized _ 3 

Missionary Funds raised__ $5.00 

Education Funds raised___ 5.00 





























Churches 


159 


Some of the earliest additions to the church were: Benjamin and Eliza 
Cameron, James Cameron, Sr., and his wife Sara Cameron, James Loyd and 
his wife. 

James Loyd and P. H. Greene organized and taught the first Sunday 
school in Troup County. 

This church shared the building with the Baptist church on Bull Street 
until January 3, 1846, when the new building on the corner of Church and 
Haralson streets was dedicated. In 1863 this building was used by the Con¬ 
federate government as a hospital, and again the congregation shared with 
the new Baptist church alternating the services. When the church was 
released, the sum of $245.00 was paid as rental by the Confederate govern¬ 
ment. 

In 1919, the beautiful structure on Broad Street was erected during the 
pastorate of T. D. Bateman upon a site donated by Miss Laura Loyd. The 
membership has grown to the present total of three hundred and thirty- 
six, and contributed members to the formation of Long Cane (Loyd’s) and 
Ebenezer churches. 


Pastors 


Carter, H. C........ 

_1831-32 

Scott, Thomas F- 

_1832-34 

Patton, William K....... 

_1834-38 

Likens, John G.___ 

.1838-40 

Cunningham, W. M- 

_ 1841-70 

McMurray, Francis . 

_1871-83 

Bruce, J. T___ 

.1884-91 

Anderson, J. P- 

1892-99 

Herndon, J. G- 

_1900-19 

Bateman, T. D_ 

.1919-22 

Dallas. A. E-- 

.....1922 — 


Clerks 

Long, James S..1829-30 

Redd, William A..1830-39 

Smith, Nathaniel N-1839-68 

Toole, John E_1869-85 

Boyd, Andrew J._1885-99 

Calhoun, J. D_1899-01 

Schaub, J. L. ___.1901-11 

Gilbert, L. E...1912-14 

Ash, H. C..___-..1914-23 

King, B. J.-__1923-32 

Sargent, George H____1932- 


Loyd Presbyterian Church. This church was organized in 1837 at 
Long Cane and was called Long Cane Presbyterian Church, and the majority 
of its members were former communicants of the LaGrange church. This 
original church building was the joint property of the Baptist and Presby¬ 
terian churches of Long Cane, and was situated near the old camp ground, 
where camp meetings preceded by prayer and fasting were held in the 30’s 
and the early 40’s. 

For many years this church was given one service a month by the LaGrange 
Presbyterian ministers. Sometimes the services were held in homes remote 
from the church. 

In 1887, the Presbyterians withdrew from Long Cane, and built a new 
church three miles north of Long Cane, and named the new building Loyd 





















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Church, in honor of James Loyd, the oldest surviving member of the Long 
Cane Church. 

In 1911 a manse was built. In 1915, during the ministry of W. E. Dozier, 
the membership was greatly increased, and the services more frequent, and 
the old building was torn down and replaced by a comfortable new structure. 

Pastors Elders 


John Glenn Likens 

Robert Hall 

Murdock Cameron 

fm, M. Cunningham, D.D. 

David Davidson 

Ebenezer Newton 

Robert Logan 

James Loyd 

James Dickey 

W. W. Brimm 

John T. Newton 

Asa C. Hudson 

Frank McMurray 

W. C. Davidson 

H. E. Newton 

J. T. Bruce 

Lyman C. Davis 

R. R. Lane 

J. P. Anderson 

F. B. Dozier 

J. Q. Burton 

J. G. Herndon 

W. S. Brock 

David W. Beaty 

W. Beale 

Charles R. Darden 

Charles T. Hudson 

I. H. Miller 

W. R. Loyd 

F. R. Davis 

W. E. Dozier 

J. C. Leaver 

J. G. Davidson 

R. Gardien 

R. M. Davidson 

Traylor Loyd 

A. R. Howland 

Hope Hudson 

W. W. Maley 


Mount Pleasant Methodist Church. One of the earliest settlers in 
Troup County was Thomas Evans, who built a cabin home near the present 
site of Camp Viola. He was of Welsh descent on both sides of the family, 
and was distinguished by his uprightness and godliness. It was in his cabin, 
where he and his family were joined in earnest prayer by his neighbors, that 
the Mount Pleasant Church was organized. 

James Hunter, an energetic and consecrated circuit rider, organized this 
church in 1828, and served as their pastor that year. The services were 
held in the cabin of Thomas Evans for nearly a year. 

However, the congregation grew too large for the cabin, and in the 
autumn of 1828 the neighbors built a larger log house for worship, near 
where the old Hebron Church stood. Rev. W. C. Evans, son of the above 
named Thomas Evans, served this church in 1846. 

People continued to move into the neighborhood and again it was found 
necessary to build a larger church to accommodate the communicants. This 
second building was located in front of the home of Wilson Partridge. 

The years passed and again the church was too small, so another much 
larger church was built on the hill in Mountville, where the cemetery is 
now located. One of the most flourishing Sunday schools in the county 
was organized and conducted in this church through the efforts of John 
Carleton. 


Churches 


161 


In 1908 the church was moved from the hill to the present site. From 
this little country church, four of its members have entered the ministry: 
W. C. Evans, J. E. Russell, William Hightower, and Charles P. Marchman. 

West Point Methodist Church. The first church building in West 
Point was the Methodist Church, which was a log structure, built on the 
site of the home of Dr. J. P. Miller in 1831. The building was used by all 
the denominations, and the Methodist congregation was organized by Rev. 
Thomas Williamson as the first organization in the town. 

In 1834, a frame house was built on the eastern part of block 34, which 
lies between Tenth and Eleventh streets, just west of the present highway. 

In 1852, a building committee, composed of George H. Winston, James 
M. Hill, and James W. McLendon, let a contract for a brick church on the 
west half of block 72 on the south side of Seventh Street. The lot was 
donated by the West Point Land Company. The building was completed 
in 1853, and was dedicated on December 4, 1853, by Dr. Alexander Means 
of Emory College. 

In 1906, during the pastorate of S. P. Wiggins, the present commodious 
church and Sunday school buildings were erected under the supervision of 
a building committee, composed of L. S. Turner, chairman, Benjamin H. 
Hill, J. S. Baker, H. W. Miller, and J. E. Purks. 

Among the early members of this church are noted the families of the 
following: Lodwick Alford, Arthur E. Baker, Charles Eaton Bass, William 
Biscoe, Henry Chappell, David Davenport, John Durham, W. B. S. Gilmer, 
J. M. Harrington, Henry Harris, James M. Hill, Mrs. Emma Lanier Oglesby, 
William Reid, Evans Richards, James Scott, Thomas Tatum, Henry Todd, 
Dr. Ward, John C. Webb, George H. Winston, and Thomas Winston. 

Pastors 


1831 

Boring, Isaac 

1846 

Samford, Thomas F. 


Mitchell, Archibald H. 

1847-48 

Tulley, John W. 

1832 

Williams, W. S. 

1849-50 

White, Miller F. 


Morgan, Jeremiah 

1851 

Frost, Johnson 

1833 

Whitley, - 

1852 

Duncan, John P. 


Starr, J. W. 

1853 

Talley, John 

1834 

Hunter, J. D. 

1854-55 

Foote, W. R. 


Matthews, W. D. 

1856 

Myrick, Fletcher 

1835 

Boring, Jesse 

1857 

Wiggins, L. G. R. 

1836-37 

Samford, Thomas F. 

1858 

McGehee, John W. 

1838-39 

Payne, James B. 

1859-60 

Dixon, R. M. 

1840 

Samford, Thomas F. 

1861 

Simmons, W. A. 

1841 

Tatum, Thomas 

1862 

Cook, W. F. 

1842 

Kay, Caleb W. 

1867-68 

Ryburn, P. M. 

1843-45 

Wiggins, James A. 

1869 

Thigpen, A. M. 



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History of Troup County 


1870-71 

Birch, E. P. 

1897-00 

Quillian, H. M. 

1872 

Thigpen, A. M. 

1901-02 

Betterton, T. C. 

1873 

Cox, D. D. 

1903 

Shaw, Simeon 

1874-76 

Ryburn, P. M. 

1904-06 

Wiggins, S. P. 

1877-78 

Lewis, W. F. 

1907 

Tumlin, J. M. 

1879 

Seals, T. A. 

1908-09 

Cleckler, R. C. 

1880 

Rivers, W. P. 

1910-11 

Logan, J. G. 

1881 

Thigpen, A. M. 

1912 

Cooper, W. H. 

1882-83 

Farris, B. F. 

1913-15 

Patillo, C. Evans 

1884-85 

Ellis, H. J. 

1916 

Erwin, J. P. 

1886-88 

Williams, A. W. 

1917-20 

Crawley, W. G. 

1889 

Sasnett, B. H. 

1921-24 

Edmondson, R. A. 

1890-91 

Parker, J. R. 

1925-28 

Veatch, J. W. 

1892-93 

Foote, W. R. 

1929-30 

Jones, H. H. 

1894 

Robinson, W. F. 

1931-32 

Yarbrough, J. F. 

1895-96 

Allen, Beverly P. 

1933- 

King, G. L. 


West Point Baptist Church. This church was organized on Septem¬ 
ber 7, 1849, by the following: James Whitten, C. D. Mallory, James Fuller, 
and William D. Harrington. Twenty-four letters were presented for the 
membership on the day that the church was constituted as the West Point 
Baptist Church of Christ, and at an early date became a part of the West¬ 
ern Association. The first building was erected in 18 50, and dedicated in 
August, 1851. It was built on the site of the present church, the lot which 
was donated by the West Point Land Company. The first record as to a 
Sunday school was in 1883, but the school may have been in existence prior 
to that time. On December 3, 1883, the Woman’s Missionary Society was 
organized. The old building was replaced in 1896, and in the new building 
was celebrated the Semi-Centennial of the organization on September 7, 
1899. The present building is a result of the diamond jubilee held in 1924 
during the pastorate of Dr. Ernest Quick, and the credit for the beautiful 
structure is given to the building committee: W. H. Huff, chairman, H. 
H. Greene, and J. C. Lanier, who supervised the completion in 1925. The 
second church building was used for classes for a time after the West Point 
Female College was burned in 1886. 


Pastors 

Bishop, J. W. 

Bledsoe, William C. 
Bond, A. R. 

Briscoe, W. R. 
Callaway, S. Pope 
Callaway, Thomas M. 
Carpenter, J. H. 

Deal, W. R. 


Clerks 

Askew, L. D. 

Burdette, J. W. 
Callaway, G. W. 
Callaway, J. T. M. 
Callaway, Lewis A. 
Callaway, W. A. 

Curley, B. H. 
Harrington, William D.. 


.1849 



Churches 


163 


Eden, J. F. Harris, L. M. 

Figh, Rufus Heard, R. S. 

Forrester, Graham Huguley, Columbus 

Golden, E. Z. F. Huguley, W. H. 

Harrington, William -1850-54 Jennings, R. W. 

Ivey, James H. Nolan, J. H. 

Jester, J. R. Sharman, C. W. 

McMurray, J. A. Whitaker, S. T. 

Pack, B. M. Woodyard, H. T. 

Quick, Ernest 
Roby, Z. D. 

Shirley, H. H. 

Smith, Otis ---1849 No records from 1854 to 1871. 

Smith, W. T. 

Trainham, Wert 
Tucker, H. H. 

Williams, - 

Wray, W. A. 


West Point Christian Church; Disciples of Christ. It was about the 
year 18 53 that Dr. Hook, a minister of the Christian Church of Augusta, 
Georgia, visited West Point, and his ministry during this visit marked the 
beginning of the work of this church in West Point. 

Among the pioneer families identified with the establishment of the church 
in West Point are included the names of the Laniers, the Winstons and the 
Griggs. 

Monthly services were held more or less regularly from 18 53 to 1905 by 
Drs. A. G. Thomas, F. L. Adams, T. M. Harris, J. N. Grubb, A. C. Henry, 
and Belt White; also during this period special services were held on different 
occasions by Drs. Z. T. Sweeney, Philip Lamar, and A. R. Moore. 

In 1905, S. P. Spiegel, State Evangelist of Alabama, held a protracted 
meeting, and the organization was strengthened by several additions. The 
first trustees of the organization were: LaFayette Lanier, Sr., S. T. Ham¬ 
mond, E. F. Lanier, and Phil Lanier. 

At the time of the reorganization in 1905, the church began to accumu¬ 
late funds for the purpose of erecting a building, which was built in 1906 
and 1907, and dedicated in 1907. 

Dr. A. R. Miller of Savannah was called to become the first full time 
minister, and served for three years. He was followed by Rev. O. P. Spiegel, 
who served for one year, 1910. In 1911, Rev. L. M. Omer became the 
pastor, and remained until the summer of 1917. In December, 1917, S. P. 
Spiegel, the present incumbent, began his ministry with the church. 





164 


History of Troup County 


The church has a magnificent plant and a good parsonage, and while it 
has never been strong numerically, it has been and now is a power and an 
influence for good in the community. 

The present trustees, in the year 1933, are: S. T. Hammond; George H. 
Lanier; William C. Batson, and S. H. Johnson. 

St. Marks Episcopal Church. There was no organized Episcopal con¬ 
gregation in LaGrange until 1892. There were, however, a number of 
church members. Some of these were: Mrs. Bennett Ferrell, and her sister 
Miss Emma Bright, Mrs. Frank Ward and her three daughters, and the 
families of Fred Ball, Henry Mason, and Wiley Sims. Church services were 
held in Sterling’s Hall, now the Truitt Building, in the Presbyterian church 
and in the Masonic Hall by visiting clergymen. 

On May 26, 1892, Bishop Nelson preached a sermon in the First Methodist 
Church, which was the beginning of a campaign to build an Episcopal 
church. A subscription was started and soon a sum sufficient to warrant 
the purchase of a lot was raised. Rev. William M. Walton, Archdeacon of 
Atlanta, purchased the present site of the church on the corner of Church 
and Battle streets. 

January 9, 1893, a contract was let to Pike Brothers to build a church 
and a rectory. Henry C. Butler made and donated the pews, which are 
still used in the church. Mrs. L. T. Slack, a consecrated church member, 
and her family were largely instrumental in the erection of this church. 
R. C. Ward gave the foundation stone and brick. 

The first convocation was held in the church on December 17, 1893, by 
Archdeacon Walton, who served this little church named St. Marks, for 
five years. He was succeeded by Rev. R. F. DeBelle, Rev. Thomas Burry, 
and Rev. G. R. Micou, who gave two or three services each month. 

The first resident rector was Rev. A. H. Brooke, who began his work in 
1903, and was succeeded by Rev. Henry Phillips in 1906. The ministry of 
Rev. Henry Phillips was quite successful. Due to his efforts the congregation 
of St. Marks was materially increased, and a mission in southwest LaGrange 
built with a church, a school and a library. He served until 1915, and 
was succeeded by the following rectors: Robert Phillips, Arthur M. Mar¬ 
shall, William B. Hays, H. A. Willy, G. V. Harris, J. W. Fulford, G. J. 
Batty, and J. D. C. Wilson, the present rector. 

Under these ministrations, the church has greatly increased its member¬ 
ship and usefulness. The present rector also serves the Good Shepherd Mis¬ 
sion in southwest LaGrange. 

Asbury Methodist Church. This church is located in land lot No. 
119 of 12th district, or at Harrisonville. The organizers of this congrega- 


Churches 


1 65 


tion were: John and Nancy Stinson, Henry and Sara West, Philip and 
Elizabeth Howell, John Ragan, James Amos, W. C. Leith, Ready and 
George Watts. In 1827 and the early part of 1828, the congregation 
gathered at the various homes for services, and after the building of a 
schoolhouse near Providence Cemetery (land lot 171) for a time the build¬ 
ing was used as a meeting place. After a short time a place was provided 
at Tan Yard Hill, but water not being convenient, the building on the 
Asbury site above mentioned was erected in 1833, in conformity to the 
charter granted to **.Asbury Chapel” in 1832. 

For some time this was the only church in the northern part of the 
county. The impetus given to this community by the session of the annual 
conference at LaGrange in 1833 was probably an outcome of this great 
gathering, as the church was built the same year. The church has witnessed 
the eloquence of many Methodist notables who ministered to the old time 
circuits. As a result of the great religious revival of 1838, the development 
in the whole section was rapid in religious fervor and church growth. The 
following are the pastors who served this church, the year indicated where 
known: 


Aiken, E. K___ 

Askew, J. S. 

_1863 

1880 

Hodnett, - 

Logan, J. G.__- - _ 

_1895 

Bard, W. M. D. 


Lowe, J. T. 


Bell, J. O. 


Martin, C. S. 


Bigham, Robert W. 


Mason, J. R- 

_1870 

Bill, W. T. 

.1879 

Maxwell, W. A. 


Birch, E. P. 


Morgan, John _ 

_1858 

Bowden, John M. 


Reid, K. 


Brannon, F. M. T. 


Roberts, J. W. 


Bryan, J. C__ 

.1871 

Roper, Lucian 


Cotter, W. J. 


Rush, Leonard 


Cox, D. D. 


Scott, William J. 


Davies, Henry R. 


Sears, A. J. 


Dillard, Walter B. 


Simmons, William A- 

_1840 

Elliott, T. M. 


Singleton, J. J. 


Ellis, Henry J. 


Smith, J. B. 


Embry, T. J. 


Spearman, G. T. 


Evans, William H. 


Speer, E. 


Florence, William A. 


Sprayberry, J. A. 


Foote, William R--- 

... 1873 

Timmons, T. H-- 

. ..1869 

Green, - 


Tumlin, G. W. 


Harris, - 


Walraven, M. M. 


Harwell, Richard J. 


Whitaker, - 


Heard, Peter A. 


Wood, Elisha ..—. 

_1875 

Henderson, Irby 


Yarbrough, George W.- 

..1857 


















166 


History of Troup County 


Flat Shoals Church. This church was organized on February 5, 1829, 
and the constitution was adopted on February 11, 1829. The following is 
a copy of some of the minutes: 

"A Book for the Church of Christ at Flat Shoal Creek, 
the 5th of February, 1829.” 

Constitution of the Baptist Church of Christ, Troup County, 4th Dis¬ 
trict, known by the name of Smith’s Meeting House, this 11th day of 
February. 


Males 


Females 


Benjamin Smith 
Tinsley Heath 
Israel Gamble 
George, a man of color 


Winniford Smith 
Nancy Posey 
Polly Smith 
Levina Smith 


Polly Heath 
Nancy Gamble 
Berena Smith 
Jane Gamble 


Georgia, Troup County: 

Whose names are hereunto subscribed to certify that being clothed with 
church authority met on the day at first above written, and formed ourselves 
into a presbytery and constituted the brethren into a Gospel Church, in 
testimony of which we hereunto subscribe our names the day and date 
above written. 


February 11, 1829. 


John W. Cooper, Minister , 
Anderson Smith, Clerk. 


Feb. 11, 1829, Peggy Smith joined the church. 

Feb. 21, 1829, James and Elviry Hollis united by letter. James made Clerk. 
Feb. 20, 1830, name changed to Flat Shoals Church. 

May 15, 1830, Margaret Smith granted a letter of dismission. 


Pastors 


Cooper, John W_ 1829-37 

Caldwell, Cread _ 1837-42 

Belcher, Abner ______1843 

Brown, _ 1843-46 

Hudspeth, __ 1847-56 

Coursert, . ........18 56 

Higginbothem, Henry __1 8 56-59 

Caldwell, Cread _1860-62 

Williams, Jesse ___1862 

Higginbothem, H. N.__1862-73 

Williams, Jesse .... .1873 

Caldwell, Benjamin__1874-77 


Williams,. J. H_1877-83 

Basemore, T. J-1884-85 

Jackson, J. C_1886-89 

Hunter, W. A__1889 

Thrash, E. C--1890-93 

Prather, Reese _1894-08 

Fuller, F. L..1909-11 

Riner, W. W_1911-16 

O’Neal, J. D__1919-20 

Riner, W. W_1920-32 

Mims, W. F._1932- 


























Churches 


167 


Deacons 


Smith, Benjamin _ 

- 1829 

Satterwhite, Elijah 

1850 

Gamble, Israel .... 

- 1829-30 

Hunrerj Ahel R 

1876 

Satterwhite, Obediah 

. 1832 

Hunter, W. A. 

1878 

Forshee, Wyley . 


O’Neal, E. J _ 

__ 1893-31 

Caldwell, M. _ 

_ 1845 

O’Neal E F 

1t 

Floyd, Thomas B _ 

- 1848 

Vx ' vOJ j As» JL ^ ----.- 



Clerks 


Hollis, James _ _ 

_1829-30 

Satterwhite F W 

_ 1876 

Wilkerson, Harrison G. _ 

-. .1830 

Satterwhite, S. H. _ 

_1876-84 

Lee, Henry B._ . . . 

_ . 1831-35 

Fuller, C. _ 

_ 1884-86 

O’Neal, Hilliard _ 

. 1836-38 

Satterwhite, S. H. _ 

_ _ .....1887-90 


Lawless, John -183 8-48 Hardy, J. C._.1890-93 

Floyd, Thomas B-1849-5 5 Satterwhite, S. H_1894-07 


Hunter, Abel B. 


... 1856-57 

Hardy, J. W. 

-I 

1908-22 

Hardy, Coalman .... _ 

Satterwhite, S. H_ 


.....18 5 8-75 

.1875-76 

O’Neal, Mrs. M. V.~~ 

__.1922- 


Mount Zion Church. On land lot No. 231 of seventh district. The 
presbytery who organized this church on October 13, 1829, was composed 
of James Reaves, Anderson Smith and John W. Cooper, and the organizing 
members are as follows: 

Males 

William A. Stanley 
Nimrod Yarbrough 
Edward Satterwhite 
Alexander Allison 
John Johnson 
Obediah Satterwhite 
William A. Radney 

The minutes prior to June 2, 1838, cannot be found, but on that date 
Thomas B. Floyd was called to act as deacon, having been previously or¬ 
dained to that office. 

On June 30, 1838, the pastor was liberated for the first Sunday in August 
to attend the general meeting at Hillibahatchy. Ignatius Russell and Wil¬ 
liam Collins were members at this date, and the pastor was named Belcher, 
September 1, 1838, Polly Parrish united with the church. 

February 2, 1839, William Chambers united by letter. 

March 2, 1839, Malinda Yarbrough by letter. 

April 6, 1839, Mary Chambers by letter. 

May 4, 1839, Abner Belcher, a minister, and his wife, Martha, by letter. 


Females 


Mary Jarvis 
Nancy McCoy 
Lucinda Stanley 

- Yarbrough 

Susan Satterwhite 


Mary Allison 
Elizabeth Johnson 
Polly Satterwhite 
Frances Radney 

























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History of Troup County 


May 5, 1839, Rebecca Brazeal, James Collins, Miss Judith Collins. 
June 1, 1839, brother Island, slave to Edmondson, letter of dismission. 
January 4, 1840, Peter Parrish, by letter. 


Pastors 

Belcher, Abner __ 

Hamrick, Harrison _ 

Hudspeth, __ 

Hamrick, Harrison __ 

Britton, Emanuel _ 

Rowe, Kephe _ 

Stringer, J-- 

Cousert, _ _ 

Williams, Jesse _ 


.1839-45 

.1845-49 

.1850 

.1850 

.1851-53 

.1853-56 

.1856-57 

.1858-61 

.1861 


s wife by letter. 


Deacons 


Thomas B. _ 

....1838-48 

, William __ 

.183 8-40 

r, W A 

• 1852 

Clerks 


Thomas B_ 

..1838-40 

James_ 

_1840-52 

S W. A..__ 

_1852- 


West Point Presbyterian Church. On December 30, 1837, the West 
Point Presbyterian Church was organized with thirteen persons in attend¬ 
ance; the meeting was held in a building of logs. The new church was built 
on a lot near the Georgia and Alabama line, facing the city of West Point. 
It was built by a negro carpenter belonging to George Croft and George 
Reese. In the building there was provided a gallery for the slave members. 
The church was dedicated on July 30, 18 52. 

In 1886 and again in 1919, the building was flooded by the Chattahoochee 
River and badly damaged. In spite of these calamities, this devoted congre¬ 
gation has built a handsome, commodious church in the Gothic style or 
architecture on West Tenth Street and Fifth Avenue. This building was 
designed by Charles H. Hopson. 

Ebenezer Presbyterian Church. The original location of this church 
was on the site of the present Hogansville cemetery, and was donated by 
Joseph N. Boyd on June 12, 183 5. The church was fully organized in 
1837 with fifty charter members, and at that time was given the above 
name. 

The first elders were Joseph N. Boyd, John E. Gillespie, and Green Cul¬ 
berson. The early church was affiliated with the LaGrange church and was 
served by the pastors of that church. At a comparatively modern time the 
church was removed to the present site in the city of Hogansville. 

Antioch Baptist Church. This church was an important factor in 
the religious life in the days when Antioch was a flourishing village. The 
following document found among the county deeds is an interesting record 
of this former church: 
















Churches 


169 


State of Georgia, Troup County: 

Know all to whom, it may concern that I, Archey Whatley, of the state 
and county first written, do for and in consideration of the love and esteem 
which I have for the Baptist Church who worship at Antioch and who are 
of the same faith and order with myself and wife who believe in the fore¬ 
knowledge of God, in eternal unconditional personal election, original sin, 
particular redemption, efficaceous grace, in regeneration and sanctification, 
free justification by the imputed righteousness of Jesus Christ, and the final 
perseverance of the saints to eternal glory, that baptism by emersion and 
the Lord’s Supper are ordinances and washing the saints feet, and other good 
works are Christian duties, and for the purpose of having a Baptist meeting 
house close at hand for the convenience of myself and family, attending 
divine worship, know ye that I do hereby constitute and appoint Labon Pitts 
and John Stillwell who are deacons of Antioch and their successors (Deacons 
of Antioch Church) trustees in behalf of and of said Antioch Church, 
know ye that I do hereby give unto the said Labon and John and their 
successors in office for the use and benefit of Antioch Church who are and 
may continue to be of the above named faith and order the lots or parcels 
of lands and roads or ways connected therewith (viz.) one parcel of the 
following description commencing at a chestnut post on the west line of 
a parcel of land I sold to Jackson Ray, thence due north twenty rods to a 
white oak corner, thence southwardly twenty rods to a stake corner, thence 
west twenty rods to the place of beginning containing two and a half acres 
more or less for the purpose of building a Baptist meeting house on, and 
one parcel of land round the spring which is now used by the congregations 
who meet at Antioch Church meeting and by R. F. Session’s family of the 
following description a circle forty feet diameter the spring to be the center 
of said circle containing one-tenth of an acre more or less and also a road 
or way thirty feet wide leading from meeting house lot to the spring to 
leave the meeting house lot entirely east of the first corner thence directly 
to the spring, and a road or way thirty feet wide from the meeting house 
N. easterly to the public road. The above described lands and roads or 
ways are parts and on lot of land number thirty in the fifteenth district of 
Carroll when drawn, to have and to hold the above described lands and roads 
or ways together with every thing thereunto belonging or in any wise apper¬ 
taining unto the said Labon and John and their successors for the use of 
Antioch Church forever in fee simple. And I, the said Archey, do hereby 
warrant and w^ill forever defend the rights and titles of the said lands and 
roads or ways against the claim of myself my heirs and assigns and against 
the claim or claims of all and every other person or persons whomsoever. 


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In witness whereof, I hereunto set my hand and affix my seal in the pres¬ 
ence of this 12th day of August, A. D., 183 5. 

Waid Hill, Archey Whatley (L. S.) 

Robert H. Strong, 

Willis J. Whatley, Recorded 25th May, 1837. 

Jas. M. Richards, /. P. R. F. McGehee, Clerk. 


Beulah Primitive Baptist Church. This church, according to the 
first minutes, was constituted on August 3, 1837, at the house of Archey 
Whatley and the following constitution with the regular old Baptist articles 
of faith attached were adopted: 

The following, whose names appear below, have mutually given ourselves 
to each other, and having withdrawn from different churches, for various 
unscriptural institutions of the day and feeling it our duty to endeavor to 
promote the cause, and kingdom of Christ on the earth, and having met at 
the house of brother Archey Whatley, in the western part of Troup County, 
and agreed to call elders John Blackston, and Moses Gunn, regular ordained 
ministers, as a presbytery, to constitute us into a church after the regular 
order of the Baptist. These elders, after examination, and prayer, proceeded 
to declare us a church of Jesus Christ, on the regular principles, and articles 
of faith. 


John Blackston, 

Moses Gunn, Presbytery. 


Barnett, John 
Brazell, Jabez F. 
Brazell, James 
Post, John 
Post, Martin 
Smith, William 
Whatley, Archey 


Barnett, Sarah 
Brazell, Seneth 
Post, Marey 
Post, Martha 
Post, Sarah Ann 
Smith, Mary 
Smith, Nancy 


Taylor, Elizabeth 
Whatley, Elizabeth 
Whatley, Fanny 


After the constitution of the church, it was declared in gospel order, and 
a conference was organized. The church was named Beulah, and elder John 
Blackston was called and chosen unanimously as pastor. John Blackston as 
moderator and Jabez F. Brazell as clerk. Archey Whatley, who had donated 
the site for Antioch Church, withdrew from that church on the constitution 
of Beulah. 

During the years from 1837 to 1850, forty-two members united with the 
church, and from 1851 to 1861, inclusive, forty-seven were added, among 
whom are noted the names of Vachel D. Whatley and wife, Julia Garrett, 


Churches 


171 


Oman Whatley and wife, Edward Cooley, James Bonner, Goodwin D. Floyd 
and wife. 


Blackston, John __ 

Jackson, Edmond . 

Loyd, Benjamin .. 

Black, Peterson _ 

Swint, F. .. 

Britton, Emanuel _ 

Whatley, Vachel D. ... 
Edwards, Simeon_ 


Pastors 

-1837-39 Taylor, Dr. C. B. _ 1868-71 

____ 1841-42 Whatley, A. B. _1871-74 

_1842 Burson, H. S_____. 1876-79 

-1844-48 McCoy, H. R. _1879-86 

_1848-50 Avery, W. R__1886-88 

_1851-54 Taylor, Dr. C. B. ... ...1888 

_1854-66 Prather, Rees _ ......1890-08 

_1866-68 Parish, W. J. ____1908-15 


The church was dissolved by mutual consent on August 17, 1925. The 
above information was furnished by Elder S. H. Whatley of Thomaston, 
Georgia, and to the information was appended the following note: 

"The children of these old faithful Christians and their neighbors furnished 
the material for the perpetuity of this old church for eighty-five years. Then 
the citizens began to move to other sections for various reasons, principally 
for better school facilities. This made a sad decline in the church attendance 
and finally it was almost impossible to take care of a pastor. Archey J. 
Whatley, who still survives at this date, the son of Oman Whatley and 
grandson of old Archey, is the only one of the members living in the com¬ 
munity of the old church site. Elder Vachel D. Whatley was ordained in 
Beulah Church in 1853 and served the church until his death in 1866. Elder 
A. B. Whatley was ordained in 1870 and served until 1874. The writer 
asks the forbearance of the readers for claiming the honor of being the son 
of Elder Vachel D. and brother of Elder A. B. Whatley. 

"I submit this report in respect to the church of my dear father and 
mother, the church where they worshipped before I was born. I began my 
career as a Christian in my early manhood, and though I was never a member 
of Beulah Church, I loved and still cherish the memories of my childhood 
at that dear place. I have been preaching for the Primitive Baptist close 
on to half a century. I shall soon lay down my armor and join the church 
triumphant.’* 

Elder S. H. Whatley. 

Thomaston, Georgia, 

December 20, 1933. 


Wehadkee Baptist Church. This church is located in land lot 17 of 
the 16th district. It was constituted on October 15, 1849, and the member¬ 
ship was withdrawn from the Long Cane, and from New Hope, Alabama, 
churches. The following are the charter members: 




















172 History of Troup County 


Crowder, O. W. 

McCoy, Amos H. 

Phillips, Henry 

Crowder, Rachel 

McCoy, Martha E. 

Post, Elizabeth 

Haralson, Jesse B. (Deacon) 

Morris, Flora B. 

Tingle, Ellen 

Henderson, Jefferson A. 

Morris, Joseph P. 

Tingle, Solomon 

Johns, Susan J. 

Morris, Sophronia 

Waldrop, John J. 

Kirby, Lucinda 

Parker, Elvinton H. 

Williams, Caroline 

Kirby, Pleasant B. 

Parker, Martha A. 

Williams, Madison 


Pastors 


McCoy, Daniel H. 

1849-61 Hammnnd, T. M. 

1904-10 

Roberts, William H. . 

__1861-64 Culpepper, J. T.. 

_1910-12 

Henderson, Elisha W. _ _. 

1864-66 Martin, C. B. 

1912-15 

Hearn, S. C. .. 

...1866 Collier, W. B... 

_1915 

Callaway, A. R. 

1866-68 Cofield, W. P. 

.1915-16 

Cumbee, Reuben A. T. _ 

_..l 868-77 Dean, John W. _ 

.1916 

7 J 

Colquitt, G. W...._ 

1877-78 Blalock, R. H. _ 

_1916-18 

Goss, J. G. _ 

_..l 878-84 Martin, C. B. _ 

_1918 

Hnnstnn, H W. 

1884-90 Henry, W. H. 

_1918-20 

Hunter, J. P. ..... 

1890-93 Vaughan, A. B. 

1920-26 

Cox, T. J. _ 

. 1893-99 Owens, R. E. 

1926-33 

Whatley, W. R. ___ 

1899-01 Bradshaw, Grady 

1933 

Hunter, J. P. __ ___ 

.... 1901-04 



Clerks 


Chivers, Joel M. .... 

1849-53 Johnson, Charles S. .. 

...1868-71 

Edmunds, Samuel A. _ 

....1853-56 Haralson, W. H.. 

__1871-99 

Boyd, Richard C. _ 

.—1856-68 Smedley, David B. .... 

___1899 

Clark, H. R. ___ 

...1868 



The first Sunday school was established in this church in 1868. 

Temple Beth-El. Under the designation of Beth-El Temple was organ¬ 
ized the Jewish synagogue for the West Point and Lanett members of the 
Jewish church, which is allied to the Congregation of Atlanta, and Dr. 
David Marx, rabbi of the Atlanta Congregation, ministers to the religious 
needs of the Congregation. 

Temple Beth-El is located in Lanett on ground donated by Mrs. Betty Merz 
Heyman for that purpose and adjoins the home place of Mrs. Heyman and 
also of Lee Heyman. 

The temple was built in 1908 by means of public subscription, and was 
dedicated in the spring of 1909 by Dr. David Marx, who served as Rabbi 
for the Congregation before the erection of the temple, and has continued 
to serve through the succeeding years. 

The officers of the Congregation are as follows: President, Lee Heyman; 
Vice-President, Joseph Herzfeld; Treasurer, Zachariah Hagedorn; Secretary, 
Louis P. Heyman, who is also the Superintendent of the religious school. The 























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173 


teachers of the religious school are Lee Heyman, Louis P. Heyman, and Miss 
Rose Heyman. 

The Jewish citizens of LaGrange and of Opelika are members of the West 
Point Congregation, who worship at Temple Beth-El. 

Jewish Cemetery at West Point. The Jewish Cemetery at West Point 
was dedicated in August of 188 5 just preceding the burial in it of Herman 
Heyman, a pioneer citizen of West Point. The dedication was consummated 
by Rabbi S. Hecht of Montgomery, Alabama. The land adjacent to Pinewood 
Cemetery was purchased from the city as a Jewish burial place, and prior to 
that time Jewish citizens on their death were taken either to Atlanta or to 
Montgomery for interment. 

Many well known citizens of West Point and of adjacent towns rest there 
peacefully in their final sleep: Mr. and Mrs. Herman Heyman; Mr. and 
Mrs. Jacob Freisleben; Morris Herzberg; Zach and Philip Hagedorn; Louis, 
Theodore and Fred Mayer, and their sister Mrs. Thekla Mayer; Mr. and Mrs. 
Isaac Hagedorn and their sons; and Mrs. Hagedorn’s sister, Mrs. Reichard; 
Isaac Frohain of Alexander City, Alabama. 

Midway Methodist Church. This church was built in 1867 in land 
Jot 121 of the 14th district. It was the consolidation of two congrega¬ 
tions, one of which was at Liberty Hill, and the other called Rehoboth at 
Antioch. The property consisting of four acres was donated by John T. 
Boykin, Sr., with the stipulation that it should revert to the heirs in case of 
abandonment as a church. The property was deeded by the heirs to the 
North Georgia Conference in 1910. The church was built by contribu¬ 
tions of lumber, labor, and money from the members and their friends. 
Some of the lumber was secured from the Wilder estate, and is still in a 
state of good preservation. Among the pastors who served this church are 
noted the names of J. W. Lee, James Eakes, and many others. It was for¬ 
merly a part of the West Point circuit, but now is a part of the Glenn 
circuit. 

Harmony Methodist Church. This church, located about two miles 
west of Abbottsford in land lot 7 of the 16th district, is one of the earliest 
churches west of the river, and was probably established in 1838. The 
present church building, which replaced the preceding small frame build¬ 
ing, was built in 1898. The site of this church is the location formerly 
used as the Harmony camp ground. The church has been during the later 
years a part of the West Point circuit. It was the gathering point of the 
community of Troup and Alabama Methodists, especially in the summer 
months, during which the camp meetings were held. The cemetery adja¬ 
cent to the church holds the ashes of many of the Troup pioneers. 


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Antioch Baptist Church. The incorporation of this church took 
place on January 21, 18 52, and the following were names of the trustees 
designated as such in the charter: Henry Walker, Benjamin Green, Hardy 
Morgan, Thomas Green, and Augustus J. Scrutchins. However, in this 
charter reference is made to Cedar Creek Baptist Church, which may have 
been the name of the church before this incorporation. The many changes 
in this section of our county has caused this church to be absorbed by other 
congregations. 

Bethel Church. Organized in 183 5, and together with its cemetery- 
located in land lot 121 of the 5 th district. This is one of the old com¬ 
munity churches on the east side of Long Cane Creek, and is a part of the 
present West Point circuit, sharing with Harmony, Long Cane, and Pleas¬ 
ant Grove the services of one pastor for the four churches. 


CHAPTER XXL ORGANIZATIONS 


A merican Legion, Baxter L. Schaub Post. The LaGrange Post was 
organized on November 21, 1919, and was named in honor of Baxter 
L. Schaub, the first Troup County man to lose his life in the service. He 
was the son of Mrs. J. L. Schaub, and saw service on the Mexican border as a 
member of the Fifth Infantry, National Guard of Georgia. He continued 
in service when this regiment was mustered into service as the 122nd In¬ 
fantry after the declaration of war with Germany. He was a mess Ser¬ 
geant, and lost his life when the mess hall at Camp Wheeler was destroyed 
by fire, November 24, 1917. 

Id the thirteen years of the existence of the Post, it has rendered service 
to the community in many ways. The care of disabled service men is the 
first objective of the Legion, and this Post has contributed its services to 
many deserving cases. The promotion of Americanism by lectures in the 
schools and the observance of great anniversaries constitutes another activ¬ 
ity of the Post. The Legion loyally assisted the other organizations of the 
city of LaGrange in the erection of the public library as a memorial to the 
Troup County men who lost their lives in service during the war. 

In 1929, under the leadership of Albert Brooks, a drum and bugle corps 
was organized, and proved very popular. This corps received the honor of 
being the prize corps in the meet of 1933. 

In 1930, under the leadership of John R. Finn, the membership of this 
Post was increased by the addition of more than 300 members, and enter¬ 
tained the state organization in 1931. 

The commanders of this Post are as follows: 


Howard, W. L. _ .1919-20 

Callaway, Enoch _ 1920-21 

Bradfield, Loyd _1921-22 

Martin, Raymond W.-1922-23 

Philpot, Eugene A._1925-2 6 

Dunaway, Eugene ..1926-27 

No elections were held in 1923, nor 


O’Neal, R. S. _ .1927-28 

Thomason, J. Toombs___1928-29 

Brooks, Albert . 1929-30 

Finn, John R.-1930-31 

Holleran, Owen C. _ 1931-32 

Winn, Frank-1932-3 3 

in 1924. 


American Legion Auxiliary. In February, 1931, John R. Finn as 
Commander of the Legion named a membership committee for the estab¬ 
lishment of an Auxiliary, and they were Mrs. Cason J. Callaway, Mrs. T. H. 
Nimmons, and Mrs. Albert Brooks, and an application was made on Feb¬ 
ruary 1, 1931, for a charter for the LaGrange Auxiliary of the Baxter L. 
Schaub Post of the American Legion. 

On February 21, 1931, a meeting was called, at which the state presi¬ 
dent, Mrs. E. S. Travis, addressed the gathering on the subject of "Rehabili- 






176 


History of Troup County 


tation, Child Welfare and Americanism.” At this meeting the following 
officers were elected: 


Mrs. T. Harvey Nimmons_ President Mrs. Walter Binns-Chaplain 

Mrs. R. S. O’Neal_First Vice-President Mrs. J. D. C. Wilson-Historian 

Mrs. J. B. Davis_Second Vice-President Mrs. George Cahall....Sergeant-at-Arms 

Mrs. Albert Brooks.Secretary-Treasurer 

At the time of organization, this Auxiliary had the largest charter mem¬ 
bership of any organization of auxiliaries in the state of Georgia. The 
Auxiliary assisted the Legion most graciously in entertaining the state le¬ 
gionnaires in LaGrange in July, 1931. 

At the recent meeting of the Legion in Valdosta in 1933, this Auxiliary 
received the award for the greatest increase in membership in the state. 

Union Masonic Lodge. Union Lodge, No. 28, Free and Accepted Ma¬ 
sons was one of the early organizations of the county. The charter was 
applied for on October 22, 1842, and was organized on December 4, 1842, 
with the following officers: Kinchen L. Haralson, Worshipful Master; 
Blount C. Ferrell, Senior Warden; Hampton W. Hill, Junior Warden; Lewis 
Hines, Treasurer; Daniel McMillan, Secretary; Jesse King, Senior Deacon; 
William C. Buffington, Junion Deacon; George A. Dudley, Tiler. 

The charter members of the Lodge were: 


Buffington, William C. 

Dudley, George A. 

Fears, Oliver P. 

Ferrell, Blount C. 

Ferrell, Mickleberry 
Gage, John E. 

Haralson, Kinchen L. 

Hardin, William S. 

Hill, Hampton W. 

The roster of Worshipful Masters, 


of service are given below. 

Haralson, Kinchen L. _1842 

Ferrell, Blount C. _1843-45 

Bogart, Peter ____.1846 

Ridley, Robert A. T. _1847-49 

Morgan, D. W. ___1850 

Todd, J. C. B..1851 

Sims, W. H. _1852 

Hodges, Henry _18 53-54 

Long, James A. -- 1 85 5-56 

Bigham, Benjamin H. _1857 

Jones, Waters B.__1858-60 


Hines, Lewis 
Key, Caleb W. 

King, Jesse 
McMillan, Daniel 
Peel, John J. 

Stokes, William B. 

Ferrell, William B. M., FC 
Latimer, James, EA 

or presiding officers, and their years 

Tuller, W. M. _1861 

Teague, E. B--1862-63 

Ridley, Robert A. T. _1864 

Jones, Waters B. _1865 

Scott, J. H--1866-67 

Curtright, B. F. -1868-71 

Jones, Waters B__1872 

Yancey, William C..1873-74 

Toole, J. Edward, Jr__1879 

Bigham, Benjamin H. 1877-78 

Toole, J. Edward, Jr. _1879 






























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177 


Huntley, William H. ___ 

. ...1880-84 

Banks, Henry .... 

_1885-87 

Longley, Francis M. 

_1888 

Chappie, J. A. - 

.....1889-90 

Banks, Henry .. 

.....1891-92 

Smith, Clifford L. . 

..... 1893-95 

Banks, Henry _ 

_1896-98 

Weaver, William H... 

.....1899 

Cleaveland, William L. .. 

.....1900-02 

Gorham, Zachry T. —.. 

.....1903 

Smith, Clifford L__ 

.1904-05 

Lovejoy, Hatton ..... 

.....1906-07 

Reeves, Henry .. 

.....1908 

Ricketson, James E... 

... 1909-10 

Campbell, Walter R. _ 

.....1911-12 

Clark, Eugene B. ... 

_1913 

Harwell, Frank _ 

_1914 


Smith, Clifford L__1915-19 

Connally, Pyron R. ---1920 

Sargent, George H--1921 

Connally, Pyron R. ---1922 

Johnson, J. Forest -1923 

Smith, Clifford L.---1924 

Park, Howard P. _1925 

Almand, Henry G--1926 

Sutherlin, J. J__1927 

Wooten, George F. „......1927 

Turner, Walter L. _1928 

Sutherlin, C. Wilner _1929 

Davis, R. Cooper _1930 

Turner, Henry __1931 

Calhoun, Frank F., Jr. ___1932 

Dye, A. Luther .....1933 


LaGrange Woman’s Club. In 1908, Mrs. Sallie Boykin Cary organ¬ 
ized the LaGrange Woman’s Club and was elected the first president. Like 
the other clubs of the Georgia Federation, which it joined in 1909, this club 
was organized for civic, philanthropic and cultural purposes. It was di¬ 
vided into a number of departments which followed as near as possible the 
Federation departmental system, and during the twenty-five years of its 
existence most of these sections have continued to function. The child 
welfare, community service, fine arts, American home, garden, and junior 
sections have been especially successful. 

Splendid contributions have been made to the patients at Alto and Mil- 
ledgeville, Red Cross, Christmas seals, Camp Viola for undernourished chil¬ 
dren, Tallulah Falls School, and many other worthy causes. A number of 
scholarships have been given for student aid. The club has maintained a 
scholarship at Tallulah Falls for two years. 

The civics, community service, and garden sections have inaugurated, 
planted and supervised a city park and a playground, and has planted hun¬ 
dreds of trees, shrubs and roses on the highway. 

The child welfare section has conducted a clinic for diphtheria and other 
preventable diseases in pre-school children for many years. 

The fine arts section has exerted a cultural influence in the community by 
giving concerts and bringing celebrated artists to the city, also sponsoring 
fine collections of paintings, etc. 

The club met in the homes of the members for many years. In 1911, 
the Heard House on Church Street was bought for a club house for $3,- 
300.00, on which a part payment was made from the small sum that the 
club had been able to save, and the balance was borrowed from the LaGrange 




























178 


History of Troup County 


National Bank through the courtesy of Fuller E. Callaway, the following 
women indorsing the note and forming a body of trustees for the club: 
Mesdames Enoch Callaway, C. M. Awtrey, C. V. Truitt, W. A. Holmes, 
F. E. Callaway, Sarah Reid, T. A. Atkinson and Clifford Smith. This note 
was paid in the course of time, and in 1920 the trustees deeded the building 
to the club. It was not used by the club, however, till 1921, the rents be¬ 
ing used to help pay the debt. It was at this time that the club put into 
existence the principal project for which it had been working for many 
years: a public library. 

This library was maintained almost entirely by the club until 1926, when 
the old club house was torn down and replaced by a beautiful new library 
and club house. The library has continued to be the principal activity of 
the club. During the years since 1926 up to the present, 1933, the club 
has contributed $3,441.36 as its share of the expense of maintaining the 
building and running the library, in addition to the contribution of the club 
towards the erection of the building. 

The club has won the district gavel many times for its excellent work, 
the Tallulah Falls gavel, and the General Federation prize of fifty dollars for 
its Book Week observance. This prize was used to purchase two etchings 
for the library. 

Mrs. Clifford Smith served the club for fourteen years as president, and 
Mrs. Henry Reeves for three years. The following women have served as 
presidents of the club: 


Mrs. Sallie Boykin Cary 
Mrs. Clifford Smith 
Mrs. Sarah White Dunson 
Mrs. Henry Woodyard 
Mrs. H. H. Childs 

The following members constitute 
the current year of 1933: 

Miss Margaret Edmondson..President 

Mrs. J. T. Nichols_First Vice-President 

Mrs. Neil Glass_Second Vice-President 


Mrs. Howard P. Park 
Mrs. Jarrell Dunson 
Mrs. L. D. Mitchell 
Mrs. F. C. Ferrell 
Mrs. Henry Reeves 

officers, who have been elected for 


Mrs. Render Terrell_Secretary 

Mrs. T. L. Arnett_Treasurer 


West Point Woman’s Club. When the realization of what organized 
women could do was first sweeping the country in 1898, a group of West 
Point women with a vision of accomplishment banded themselves together 
as the West Point Woman’s Club. 

From the beginning the objects of the club were "social, literary and hu¬ 
manitarian.” Interesting women of all denominations met in friendly in¬ 
tercourse to exchange ideas under the cheering influence of the "cup of 






Organizations 


179 


tea.” Picnics and outings as well as the annual club reception in Septem¬ 
ber were all parts of the social aspects of the club. The literary and cul¬ 
tural features were in the form of well-executed programs including the 
study of travel, music and art, suggestions on home making, and always 
the high lights in current events. A deep interest was developed in civic 
affairs for the betterment of the community in public buildings, schools, 
welfare of the poor, care of the cemetery, and the like. 

For a number of years the membership approximated thirty members, and 
under the wise direction of Mrs. J. Lindsay Johnson, at that time president 
of the Georgia Federation of Woman’s Clubs, the club joined the federation 
in 1899, and acceded to the suggestion that the club be unlimited in 
numbers. 

Standing as a monument of achievement of the club, is the City Audito¬ 
rium, wherein are provided quarters for the club, Chamber of Commerce, 
Welfare Association, and the Boy Scouts. Credit also is given the club for 
the establishment of the Hawkes Children’s Library, which is elsewhere de¬ 
scribed in these pages. The activity of the club made possible the bonds 
for the school building, the pride of the city. 

The care of the cemetery has always been a part of the club plans, and 
under the leadership of Mrs. E. F. Lanier funds for the fence and gate were 
provided. The club has always maintained a chairman of cemetery main¬ 
tenance, among whom the following are noted: Mrs. Benjamin T. Smith, 
Mrs. E. F. Lanier, Mrs. Clarence Hudmon, Mrs. John H. Horsley, Mrs. Lewis 
Askew and Mrs. Grady Webb. 

Under the direction of the civic chairman and in the interest of beautifi¬ 
cation of the city, shrubs have been planted at the new school buildings, 
both at the white and the colored schools. 

Under the direction of the forestry chairman, Mrs. Harold Parker, a be¬ 
ginning has been made for the beautification of the highway from West 
Point to LaGrange, and replacements and extension will be continued. 

Plans for a garden section of the club are being worked out with Mrs. 
George H. Lanier as chairman, and plans for a Junior Woman’s Club are 
being considered in the hope that a junior club may result. 

Much attention has been given in the past few years to social enter¬ 
tainments, both for the social intercourse and for the securing of funds for 
various projects by means of enjoyable entertainments. 

For the past two years the club has been interestingly entertained by the 
dramas given under the direction of Mrs. Jack Hodnett, Jr., who is chair¬ 
man of drama. The audiences and the participants have been very enthu¬ 
siastic over the renditions. 


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History of Troup County 


The welfare work of the club has been under the direction of the chair¬ 
man of social service, Mrs. Edmund F. Cook, who is also president of the 
West Point Welfare Association. 

Each year an active chairman handles the sale of Christmas seals in sup¬ 
port of the Georgia Tubercular Association, and the present chairman is 
Mrs. William Keith; and the club annually conducts the campaign for Red 
Cross members under the direction of C. E. Wright, representative of the 
Red Cross in West Point. 

In 1912 the club was chartered, and many of the present active members 
were included in the roll of charter members. The list of the charter 
members follows: 


Adams, Mrs. David L. 
Adams, Miss Emma 
Avary, Mrs. J. Arch 
Bankston, Mrs. W. Trox 
Clarke, Miss Carrie 
Cohen, Mrs. Morris 
Crowder, Mrs. R. L. 
Cumbee, Mrs. Edward L. 
Dixon, Mrs. Mary 
Fullerton, Mrs. Claude L. 
Hagedorn, Mrs. Max 
Hagedorn, Mrs. Philip 
Hagedorn, Mrs. Zach 
Harris, Mrs. Anna 
Herford, Miss Marjory 
Herford, Mrs. William B. 
Herzberg, Mrs. Helen 
Herzberg, Mrs. Hetty Lou 
Heyman, Mrs. B. 


Heyman, Miss Bertha 
Heyman, Mrs. Lee 
Jfumphrey, Mrs. Robert T. 
Higginbotham, Mrs. W. B. 
Logan, Mrs. J. G. 

Lovelace, Mrs. John L. 
McAfee, Mrs. M. J. 
McCulloh, Mrs. Mark 
McKemie, Mrs. J. Courtney 
McNamara, Mrs. P. Joseph 
Mitchell, Mrs. Edgar 
Omer, Mrs. L. M. 

O’Neal, Mrs. Ranee 
Oslin, Mrs. Mary 
Poer, Mrs. John M. 

Shaefer, Mrs. Mollie 
Scott, Mrs. Fannie 
Stanfield, Mrs. W. H. 
Tatum, Mrs. P. A. 


In February, 1933, the club celebrated its thirty-fifth anniversary. The 
club has continuously served its members, its city, and its citizens and 
those of the communities which it brings together. 

On the organization of the West Point Woman’s Club, the officers were 


limited to a term of two years* consecutive office holding. The presidents 


of the club commencing with the 
follows: 

Lang, Mrs. Ed ._______1898-1900 

Adams, Mrs. David L. _1900-02 

Herford, Mrs. W. B__1902-04 

Humphrey, Mrs. R. T. _1904-06 

Bankston, Mrs. W. Trox ...1906-08 

Humphrey, Mrs. R. T. _1908-10 


year of organization in 1898 are as 


Heyman, Miss Bertha ___1910-12 

McNamara, Mrs. P. J. _ 1912-14 

Avery, Mrs. J. A._1914-15 

Wright, Mrs. C. E. 1915-16 

Avery, Mrs. J. A. 1916-17 

Bankston, Mrs. W. Trox _1917-19 












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McCulloh, Mrs. Mark . 

„ —1919-21 

Wallace, Mrs. James M. — 

_1926-27 

Poer, Mrs. J. M.... 

.1921-23 

Cook, Mrs. Edmund F. - 

. 1927-29 

DeLamar, Mrs. Mary 

1923-24 

Hodnett, Mrs. H. J.. 

.1929-31 

Hudmon, Mrs. W. C. _ 

_1924-23 

Byrd, Mrs. Mark M. -- 

..1931-33 

McCulloh, Mrs. Hugh, Sr. _ 

_1923-26 

McCulloh, Mrs. Hugh, Jr. - 

_ 1933- 


LaGrange Baptist Woman’s Missionary Union. During the pastor¬ 
ate of M. B. Hardin in 1882, the Woman’s Missionary Union of the First 
Baptist Church of LaGrange was organized with twenty-eight members, and 
the following officers: 


Mrs. John Pitts_President 

Mrs. U. B. Frost_Secretary 

Mrs. J. C. Forbes_-_Treasurer 


The following consecrated women have acted as presidents during the 
fifty or more years that the society has diligently labored to carry on the 
work of Christ: Mesdames F. M. Longley, C. C. Cox, A. T. Cason, W. V. 
Gray, P. G. Awtrey, W. A. Reeves, R. S. O’Neal, and Misses Ella McLendon 
and Alice Amoss. Miss Amoss served for fourteen years. 

During the administration of Mrs. P. G. Awtrey, a handsome new organ 
was bought and presented to the church by the union. 

During the administration of Mrs. W. A. Reeves there was the greatest 
increase in the size and number of circles, and in the general excellence of the 
work. The Bible department under Mrs. Duke Davis won the Western 
Association award for a number of years. 

The union is active in the support of Camp Viola, and their work in be¬ 
half of home and foreign missions is deserving of highest praise. At this 
date, 1933, the union has two hundred and eighty members, and is di¬ 
vided into nine circles. The officers for 1933 are as follows: 

Mrs. R. S. O’Neal_President 

Mrs. L. C. Schaudies_ Vice-President 

Mrs. Enoch Callaway, Sr_Second Vice-President 

Mrs. Frank Stevens_Secretary 

Mrs. E. C. Market_ Treasurer 

Presbyterian Ladies’ Aid Society. The Ladies’ Aid Society of the La¬ 
Grange Presbyterian Church was organized in 183 5, and has been noted 
from that time to the present day for its many benevolent activities. 
Among its first projects were the purchase of the first church organ, and 
the assumption of all the expenses of the church except the salary of the 
pastor. 

During the Civil War this society was disbanded in order to form the 
"Soldiers’ Aid Society,” which was composed of all the women of the town. 


















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These women ministered to the sick and wounded soldiers, and after this 
work was over, they reorganized their own societies and took up their sep¬ 
arate interests once more. 

By their diligence and devotion these noble women were enabled to can¬ 
cel $3,000.00 of the indebtedness of the present beautiful church. Mrs. 
Thomas A. Boddie was a member of this body for sixty-seven years, and 
Mrs. J. L. Schaub for fifty-one years. 

United Daughters of the Confederacy. The LaGrange Chapter of 
the United Daughters of the Confederacy was organized July 3, 1897, under 
the leadership of Mrs. A. V. Heard, better known as Miss Queen Heard. The 
chapter entertained the state convention in 1902, at which time the Con¬ 
federate monument on Court Square was unveiled. This monument bears 
this inscription: 

"Erected by the LaGrange Chapter, United Daughters of the Confed¬ 
eracy to the memory of our Confederate soldiers—those who fought and 
died, and those who fought and lived. In our hearts they perish not.” 

The aims and objectives of the LaGrange Chapter can best be stated in the 
words of the creed of the general organization: 

"We are daughters of the Confederacy to preserve in loving remem¬ 
brance the memory of those who gave their lives to the Confederacy and 
to protect their last resting places from neglect and obliteration; to care 
for the needy ones who still abide with us; to guard the truths of his¬ 
tory; to educate worthy young people who are descendants of Confederate 
veterans; and by mutual study and research to keep alive for many years 
a distinctly Southern womanhood.” 

The LaGrange Chapter through the years of its existence has been the ac¬ 
tive Memorial Association, of which Mrs. Caroline E. Gay was president for 
so many years. Among the names of those who presided over the chapter 
the following are noted: Mrs. A. V. Heard, Mrs. Caroline E. Gay, Mrs. Sarah 
Reid, Mrs. Eugenia Nix, Mrs. F. T. Reid, Mrs. R. O. Pharr, Mrs. Henry 
Reeves, Mrs. J. L. Bradfield, Mrs. J. J. Milam, Mrs. Enoch Callaway, Sr., Mrs. 
Roy Dallis, Mrs. L. D. Allen, Mrs. T. G. Polhill, and Miss Mattie McGee. 


Bigham, Mrs. M. J. 

Boyd, Mrs. Mary A. 

Burks, Miss A. F. 

Callaway, Mrs. Fannie Banks 
Fitts, Mrs. B. B. 

Gay, Mrs. Caroline E. 
Gorham, Miss I. L. 


Charter Members 

Gorham, Mrs. Z. T. 
Heard, Mrs. A. V. 
Herring, Mrs. S. J. 
Hooten, Miss Lutie May 
Hooten, Mrs. N. J. 
Hutchinson, Mrs. N. R. 
Longley, Mrs. F. M. 


McCaine, Miss Mary 
McFarlane, Mrs. Ida 
Mooty, Miss Tommie B. 
Newsom, Mrs. W. H. 
Nix, Mrs. Eugenia Gay 
Park, Mrs. L. M. 

Pitts, Mrs. Littleton 


Organizations 


183 


Ragland, Mrs. Sallie H. 
Rakestraw, Mrs. M. E. 
Reid, Mrs. J. B. 

Reid, Miss M. E. 

Ridley, Mrs. C. B. 
Ridley, Miss Ellie 


Ridley, Miss Julia 
Speer, Mrs. G. A. 

Strong, Miss Elizabeth 
Strong, Miss Frances 
Swanson, Mrs. Graves 
Thornton, Miss Elizabeth 
Thornton, Mrs. J. P. 


Tomlinson, Mrs. J. M. 
Toole, Miss E. J. 

Ward, Mrs. M. A. 

Ware, Mrs. J. J. 
Whitfield, Mrs. E. G. 
Witherspoon, Mrs. Philo 


Daughters of the American Revolution. In 1894 a small but flour¬ 
ishing chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution was organized 
as the eighth in the state, the Atlanta chapter being the first in 1891. This 
chapter was called, "The Susannah Elliott Chapter,” but it was afterward 
disbanded. The LaGrange Chapter, as at present constituted, was organized 
on February 5, 1920, with twenty-three charter members. The LaGrange 
Chapter was named not only for the beloved "City of Elms and Roses,” but 
also in honor of LaGrange, the ancestral home of the Marquis de LaFayette, 
French hero, who aided America so materially in her struggle for independ¬ 
ence. The officers of this charter member band were: 


Mrs. Alice M. Rushton King (B. J. K.)_Regent 

Mrs. Birt Thomas Park (H. P. P.)_Vice-Regent 

Mrs. Mary Park Polhill (T. G. P.)_Recording Secretary 

Mrs. Mary Lane Hutchinson (Frank H.)_Corresponding Secretary 


Miss Annie Newton_ 

Mrs. Jennie Evans Bradfield (J. L. 
Mrs. Mattie Turner Faver (J. D. F. 

Charter 

Awtrey, Mrs. Ada M. (P. G.) 

Awtrey, Mrs. Nemie F. (C. M.) 
Bateman, Mrs. Erroldine H. (T. D.) 
Bradfield, Mrs. Jennie E. (J. L.) 
Callaway, Mrs. Ida C. (F. E.) 
Callaway, Mrs. Lula W. (E. R.) 
Dallis, Mrs. Ruth E. (Roy D.) 

Davis, Mrs. Sarah B. (W. S.) 

Faver, Mrs. Mattie T. (J. D.) 

Gerlach, Mrs. Sarah L. (R. F.) 
Hooker, Mrs. Louise S. (Scroope) 
Hutchinson, Mrs. Mary L. (Frank) 


_Registrar 

B.)_Treasurer 

)_Historian 


Members 

King, Mrs. Alice M. R. (B. J.) 
Lane, Mrs. Mamie B. (R. R.) 
Newton, Miss Annie 
Newton, Miss Janie 
Parham, Mrs. Daisy R. (V. S.) 
Park, Mrs. A. Elizabeth S. (R. H.) 
Park, Mrs. Birt T. (H. P.) 

Phillips, Mrs. Julia (Robert) 
Polhill, Mrs. Mary P. (T. G.) 
Strong, Mrs. Mary I. R. (J. B.) 
Terrell, Mrs. Lena M. (Henry) 


Regents of the Chapter 


1920 Mrs. B. J. King 
1920-22 Mrs. C. M. Awtrey 
1922-23 Miss Annie Newton 

1924- 25 Mrs. E. T. Moon 

1925- 27 Mrs. J. L. Bradfield 


1927-29 Mrs. T. G. Polhill 
1929-31 Miss Mattie McGee 

1931- 32 Mrs. H. R. Slack 

1932- 33 Mrs. T. G. Polhill 
1934- Mrs. J. D. Faver 








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The LaGrange Chapter has awarded prizes each year in the High School 
for excellence in American history and citizenship. Scholarships have been 
given to LaGrange College and the Penn Studios. A chapter of Children of 
the Revolution was organized by Mrs. Polhill, the second such chapter in the 
state. The bi-centennial of the birth of George Washington was celebrated 
during the regency of Mrs. H. R. Slack by planting a tree in the city park 
with a suitable marker. 

LaGrange Library Club. One of the first Woman’s clubs in the state 
was organized in LaGrange in 1897 by Mrs. Enoch Callaway, who acted as 
the president for several years, and represented the club at the first state fed¬ 
eration meeting in Rome, Georgia, in that year. The object of this club was 
to found a library. The meeting was held in the old council room, which 
occupied a part of the space where the present Masonic hall is now located. 
A small but select library was installed in this building, and Mrs. I. H. Lane 
and Mrs. Daniel Curtright acted as librarians. Dr. Callaway was of great 
assistance to the club in financing the library and furnishing the room. A 
small fee was charged for library membership, but this was found to be hard 
to collect, and finally the library was given to the public schools, and made 
the nucleus of the present school libraries. The club disbanded after dis¬ 
posing of the library. 


CHAPTER XXII. ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES 


P RIMITIVE. The original type of houses built by the pioneers was 
adopted from the Indian design. The floor plan was simple, being 
that of two rectangles separated by a space, and the entire structure covered 
by a continuous gabled roof of boards. The intervening space was some¬ 
times floored over and sometimes merely raised with carefully packed earth, 
and was used by the Indians as a meeting place for a council, by the pioneers 
as a porch or a daylight sitting room when the weather permitted. The name 
given to this part of the cabin by the pioneers tells the story of other occu¬ 
pants for at least part of the time, as it was called the "dog trot.” 

Wide and high fireplaces of stone capped by a chimney built of sticks and 
mud constituted the heating and cooking facilities of the indoors. Chimney 
corner seats within the cavernous fireplace were the choice seats in winter, 
during which season the homefires never died, but heaps of ashes kept live 
coals through a whole season. Huge logs constituted the fuel. 

The barns, stables, cribs and houses of the quarters or servant houses con¬ 
tinued to be made of logs long after the "big house” became a mansion. 

The difficulties of transportation of window glass over rough trails made 
the use of transparent windows prohibitively expensive; hence most of the 
window openings were closed with rude wooden shutters, which were seldom 
opened in winter or closed in summer. 

Quarters. In the luxurious years that followed the cabin era of the 
pioneers came the age of gigantic plantations, and an essential part of these 
were the quarters, or slave and servant homes, which were built at some dis¬ 
tance from the big house, and were long lines or groups of small log cabins 
usually one-room, or two-room at most. In the evening when one ap¬ 
proached within hearing distance of the cabins, there might be heard the 
strum of a banjo, or the shuffle of a dance on the bare ground, or the oral 
petitions raised to Almighty God by some saintly old negro, or the grunts of 
some rheumatic with a "misery” in the side or back. 

The Big House. The house of the master was always called the "big 
house,” which term had no reference to the size as it might be of modest 
dimensions. There were two distinct types of residences of the early days. 
One of them was strictly classical in facade with huge Doric or Ionic columns 
like some temple to house the altar to some heathen god instead of the lares 
and penates that it held. These houses were two-story with the columns 
for the full two-story height, and formed the setting for a spacious verandah, 
which sometimes was extended on the two sides as well as the front. One 
invariable feature of these temple-light facades was the presence of a bal- 


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cony with a grilled balustrade, placed immediately over the front entrance, 
which in turn was decorated with transom and side lights. 

The second form was not so regal in appearance, composed of one-story 
height slightly elevated from the ground level, and provided with broad low 
verandahs on three sides. This form resembled the Spanish style with the 
exception of the central patio and fountain. Numerous small columns dec¬ 
orated the surrounding verandahs. 

Our county was fortunate in having the services of skilled architects and 
builders, such as, Cullen Rogers, Charles Bailey, and the Camerons and 
Greenes, for to them we are indebted for many of the beautiful houses of 
the ante bellum days, that were built in the forties and fifties of the nine¬ 
teenth century. 

Churches. The early churches were simple log rectangles seated with 
puncheon benches and having very primitive furnishings. They were in¬ 
sufficiently heated and not infrequently without any provision for lighting 
except the lanterns brought from their homes by those assembled. 

The replacement of these crude buildings took place at an early date, cer¬ 
tainly before 1840. The brick churches followed the lines of basilica struc¬ 
ture, a rectangular building with a classic facade, and a pulpit recess at the 
opposite end. Provision for a choir was made at a much later date in one 
corner near the pulpit and the altar; because in the early days the use of 
musical instruments in a church was taboo. 

Modern Changes. The ceilings of the dwellings were formerly high, 
and were decorated with plaster mouldings and also rosettes for the chan¬ 
deliers. The high ceiling added both to the comfort in summer and to the 
discomfort in winter. The present day ceilings are low. 

The huge fireplaces of the long ago have shrunk to narrow grates, or else 
have disappeared except as an ornament, where furnaces supply heat. The 
cellar was once the storage place of wines and liquors, and sometimes of fruits 
and vegetables. 

Early Homes. There are many homes in our county, which are inter¬ 
esting from their age and their associations. Many of these are omitted 
from those enumerated below for the lack of definite information obtainable 
by the author. Very few of the original houses of the pioneer period are 
now in existence. Of those built at a date following that period, the strength 
and the dignity of composition after these many years give testimony to the 
fact that our forbears built wisely and well. 

Bellevue. The most interesting and historic house in LaGrange and 
perhaps in Troup County is "Bellevue,” the former home of Senator Benja¬ 
min H. Hill. It is located at the north end of McLendon Avenue, which 


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was formerly the juniper-lined driveway to the mansion. The estate origi¬ 
nally included twelve hundred acres. The beautiful colonial house crowned 
the hill, and afforded from the "Court,” as the flat roof was called, a pano¬ 
rama of exceeding beauty. Far in the rear of the house were the slave quar¬ 
ters, orchards and vegetable gardens. The house was surrounded by mag¬ 
nolias and beds of old fashioned shrubs and flowers, bordered with boxwood. 
The walks paved with granite slabs led through the grove of splendid oaks 
and hickories of the original forest to the massive iron gates at the entrance. 
These gates, which cost $12,000.00, were replicas of the gates at the White 
House in Washington. The entire grounds were enclosed by a stone wall, 
built by slaves. 

This house, which is regarded by architects as one of the purest types of 
southern colonial architecture, has immense hallways and handsome rooms 
with high ceilings and beautiful plaster cornices, and additional gilt cornices 
over the French windows. There is a wide portico on three sides of the 
house adorned with magnificent Ionic columns of two-story height. On the 
roof above the second story is the "Court” surrounded by a balustrade in 
keeping with the stately columns. 

"Bellevue,” which required two years in building, was designed by an 
architect by the name of Taylor, and was erected on the site of General Hugh 

A. Haralson’s home, which had been burned. The site was purchased by 

B. H. Hill on November 3, 18 53. Mr. Hill built the home for his beloved 
wife, and she said that she spent the happiest years of her life here. During 
their residence at "Bellevue,” it was noted for its lavish hospitality and the 
large number of celebrated people entertained. Here Jefferson Davis, Stephen 
Mallory, Clement Clay and a host of other celebrities were guests. Associated 
with this house are memories of brilliant dinners, scintillating with wit and 
repartee; of balls, gay and sparkling with beautiful belles and handsome 
beaux; and there is the reverse side of this picture also: the many sorrows and 
anxieties of the war and the poignant emotions of Hill’s arrest in his own 
bedroom by the Federal soldiers. 

Mr. and Mrs. Hill sold this house and moved to Athens, and eventually 
made their home in Atlanta. The estate was bought by Judge Jesse Mc¬ 
Lendon, and is now owned and occupied by his son, Millard F. McLendon. 

Ferrell’s Garden. Chief among the interesting places of old LaGrange 
was the home of Blount C. Ferrell, now replaced by the handsome villa of 
Mrs. Fuller E. Callaway, and the beautiful gardens, which are known 
throughout the United States. One of the four gardens of "Hills and Dales,” 
formerly known as "Ferrell’s Garden,” was begun a hundred years ago by 
Mr. and Mrs. Mickleberry Ferrell, who bought the whole of Land Lot num- 


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ber 111 of the Sixth District on December 11, 1831, and moved to LaGrange 
in 1832. In 1841, Mickleberry Ferrell gave to his daughter, Sarah Coleman 
Ferrell, eighty acres in the southeast corner of the lot. Sarah Ferrell mar¬ 
ried her cousin, Blount C. Ferrell, and together they built a quaint and in¬ 
teresting house and immediately began planning their own garden. How 
pure in design and artistic in structure were these plans of Sarah Coleman 
Ferrell in 1841, is manifest today as garden experts from the world over 
come to admire them! One terrace after another, bordered with box and 
planted with magnolias, and rare trees, shrubs and flowers from far distant 
countries were added with the passage of years. Among the trees are to be 
found the shittim wood from the Holy Land, a giant Australian cunning- 
hamia, whose foliage is renewed every twelve years, a gingko tree from Japan 
with foliage like maiden hair fern, a linden from Germany, weeping cherry 
trees from Japan, tea bushes from China, European larches, cryptomarias, 
aged cedars and magnolias, hawthorn, tea olives, banana shrubs, and a host of 
others. The ancient cedar from Lebanon was blown down in 1932, but 
Mrs. Callaway preserved the wood and had a number of interesting pieces 
of furniture made from the tree. 

Mrs. Ferrell originated many quaint conceits in boxwood, among which 
are noted her own motto "GOD IS LOVE” and that of Judge Ferrell "Fiat 
Justitia.” Mrs. Callaway has added the Callaway coat-of-arms motto "Ora 
pro mi.” Mrs. Ferrell called the lower garden on the west side, "The 
Church.” She shaped from tree-box the figure of an organ, pulpit and chairs, 
and formed a lyre of box and blooming flowers. Mrs. Callaway has con¬ 
tinued this idea by planting old maids and sweet williams for the congrega¬ 
tion, jack-in-the-pulpit acts as preacher, while the birds sing, and the mari¬ 
golds take the collection. 

Judge and Mrs. Ferrell spent seventy years of happiness together in the 
quaint house and the beautiful gardens, and the joy they gave others through 
their hospitality and generosity can never be estimated. Mrs. Ferrell died 
in 1903 at the age of 86, and Judge Ferrell at 92 years of age in 1908. 

Four years later, Fuller E. Callaway purchased the estate and erected a 
beautiful Italian villa on the site of the old Ferrell house. Mrs. Callaway has 
striven to carry out Mrs. Ferrell’s ideas and to keep the old world charm 
of this peaceful and lovely place. Besides this, she has added thousands of 
shrubs and gayly blooming flowers, a rock garden, a charming wild flower 
garden, a beautiful lake with graceful bridges and summer houses. Like 
Sarah Coleman Ferrell, Mrs. Callaway loves and tends this garden, and prays, 
That her employment in Heaven will be to tend and water from the am¬ 
brosial fount, flowers that never would in other climates grow.” 


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Nurses’ Home on Haralson Street. The nurses’ home of the Dunson 
Hospital is one of the oldest residences in LaGrange. It was built in 1829 
by Joseph D. McFarlin, the father of R. S. McFarlin, and was sold to James 
M. Hill in May, 183 5, and in turn to Thomas C. Brown in July, 1836, and 
acquired by James M. Turner about 1839. It was from this house that 
William W. and Sterling G. Turner went to Brownwood school, and Achsah 
and Annie Turner to LaGrange College under the Montgomery brothers. 
It was afterward the home of the Cunningham family, and from them bought 
by Dr. H. R. Slack, and eventually sold to the city of LaGrange as a home 
for Dunson Hospital nurses. After one hundred and four years occupancy, 
the house is still in splendid condition. Colonial builders built for time. 

Wilkinson House, 301 Vernon Street. This site was originally pur¬ 
chased by Whitfield H. Sledge, and sold by him to Pleasant P. Coleman, who 
built the present house. The purchase was made in 183 5 by Coleman. The 
Wilkinsons, the present owners, formerly owned a dignified home of colonial 
design, which was located on the site of the McClellan store. 

Culberson Houses. James and David Culberson owned the only saw¬ 
mills in Troup County in its early days, and constructed many of the early 
homes. James Culberson built the house now occupied by Mrs. T. A. At¬ 
kinson at 207 Broad Street, sometime prior to the war for his son, J. P. 
Culberson. It is said that the house was originally built in the country, and 
taken down and rebuilt on the present site. He also built the house now 
occupied by J. J. Milam at 203 Broad Street, for Judge J. B. Edwards. The 
house and grounds embraced about three-fourths of the entire block. It 
was surrounded by an iron fence, and the massive gates were on the eastern 
side, facing Lewis Street. The old Banks house, which formerly occupied 
the space on Broad, Lewis and Vernon streets, now used as a park, was built 
by Judge William C. Thomas, great grandfather of Mrs. Henry Reeves, and 
afterwards was acquired and enlarged by James Culberson, who gave it to his 
daughter, Mrs. Martha Culberson Thornton, grandmother of Mrs. L. D. 
Mitchell. James Culberson, who lived at the junction of the Harrisonville 
and Hammett roads northeast of LaGrange, also built another house for his 
daughter, Mrs. Sarah Culberson Snead, on the site of the Newton home at 
117 Church Street. 

Ware House, 311 Vernon Street. This site was originally bought by 
Daniel S. Robertson, sheriff of Troup County, on April 14, 1832, and he is 
said to have lived there several years. The deed to him names the property as 
the west half of No. 2 Commons, and adds five rods front on Vernon Street 
from No. 3 Commons, which accounts for the offset in Harwell Avenue. 
The site was purchased in 1834 by Bennett M. Ware, the grandfather of 


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Mrs. Eugene Nix, whose mother, Mrs. Caroline Ware Gay, was born there 
in 183 5. Mrs. Gay will always be remembered for her loyal support of the 
Confederacy and the civic interests of LaGrange during the war, reconstruc¬ 
tion and long afterward. This place was acquired later by Col. James H. 
Fannin, whose family occupied it for many years. Mrs. Fannin was Julia 
Ferrell, and inheriting a love of flowers from her ancestors, planted many 
trees, shrubs and flowers on the place. Mrs. H. E. Cary, sister of Mrs. R. T. 
Segrest, bought the place in 1909. 

Boddie House. This house, located seven miles east of LaGrange on the 
Mountville road, was built in 1836 by Nathan Van Boddie, and was designed 
by the architect, Cullen Rogers, and is typically southern colonial in style. 
Its outstanding distinctions are the beautiful Ionic columns, the fan-light 
transom over the front door, and the immense dining room, which is forty 
feet in length and twenty in width. 

Before the advent of railroads in Troup County, David Beman, who 
owned and operated the Montgomery and Griffin stage coach line, had a relay 
station on the Boddie farm, and Miss Belle Boddie relates that her grand¬ 
mother consented to serve the passengers meals, and accommodate them for 
the night if necessary. There were two long tables in the capacious dining 
room, and four cherry tables which were added when there was an overflow 
of guests. The fare was abundant and delicious, and Mrs. Boddie realized 
$8,000.00 from her venture. 

The Boddie house was the scene of many brilliant gatherings, both po¬ 
litical and social. The handsome dining room was also used as a ball room. 
Much of the beautiful furniture is still in this house, now occupied by Misses 
Belle and Van Boddie. 

Flowers House. The home of James M. Flowers is located on the Big 
Springs road in Land Lot No. 157 of Sixth District. The first house was 
a log cabin, which was used until the present house was built in 1851, and 
was then used as a kitchen for many years. The Flowers home was noted 
for its beautiful flower yards, which were designed by Berkman, the Augusta 
landscape gardener. The boxwood and many of the old fashioned shrubs still 
survive after the passage of many years. Some of the most beautiful fur¬ 
niture to be found in the South is still in this house, now occupied by Joseph 
Newsom, a nephew of Mrs. Flowers. 

E. Y. Hill Home. The home of Edward Young Hill, for whom Hill 
Street was named, was a handsome home replaced in recent years by the 
Junior High School on Hill Street. The home was purchased by Dr. H. S. 
Wimbish, who resided there until February of 188 5, when the place Was sold 
to Maj. A. D. Abraham. It was in turn sold to Robert D. Render in 1898, 


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and sometime after his death, the property was purchased by the city of 
LaGrange for a Junior High School site. 

The Oaks, 1103 Vernon Street. The town home of Philip H. Greene 
took its name from the grove of splendid oaks in which it was situated. It 
was built in 1845 by Philip Hunter Greene, who was his own architect and 
builder. The house was constructed of timber from the native forest, the 
trees being felled and the lumber prepared by slaves. The construction is 
of traditional ante bellum style: all timbers mortised together and secured 
by wooden pegs; the facade is composed of six massive Doric columns; and 
the floor plan is that of four large rooms separated by a wide hall. At the 
rear of the hall is one of the most beautiful curved stairways to be found in 
LaGrange, among whose interesting features are noted the mahogany stair 
rail and the quaint niches in the walls for statuary. The walls and ceilings 
of the lower floor with their frescoes were made of plaster of Paris, and the 
mantels of black marble imported from Carrara. 

At the rear of the house was the glassed conservatory, in which were 
stored rare plants and shrubs, among which there was a lemon tree that 
provided fruit for many years. 

This property was inherited by the daughter, Mrs. Sarah Caroline Greene 
Todd. It is now the property of Mrs. Francis J. Dodd and still stands in 
the dignity and beauty of its early days among the venerable trees from 
which it took its name. 

Broughton Home. The home of Edward Broughton of ante bellum 
days was a large two-story house with green blinds, broad halls and spacious 
verandahs. It was a homelike place with many windows open to the sun¬ 
shine and to the fragrance of the garden filled with old fashioned flowers. 

Seven daughters went from this home to LaGrange College under the 
Montgomery brothers, one of which daughters, Mary, married Troup Mont¬ 
gomery. This house occupied the site of the house in the triangle between 
Greenville and Hill streets in LaGrange, now occupied by Mrs. F. J. Pike. 
Miss Tallie Hill relates that the old Broughton house or at least one on the 
same site was used in stage coach days as a hotel, probably after Howard’s 
Tavern was sold as a site for the present Baptist Church, which was in 1839. 

Tallie Hill House, 109 Hill Street. This is one of the very old 
homes of LaGrange as it was built before Hill Street was opened, and its po¬ 
sition is that of facing on Greenville Street, which explains the angular po¬ 
sition in reference to Hill Street. Wiley P. Burks, guardian for Mrs. Hill, 
bought this home for her in 18 53. Mrs. Hill was the mother of five daugh¬ 
ters, Frances, Victoria, Mary, Tallie and Mat, and two sons, Abram C. and 
Albert G. There are a number of beautiful oaks on the grounds surround- 


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ing this interesting house that are over one hundred years old. Misses Tallie 
and Mat Hill have lived in this house continuously for eighty years. They 
taught a private school there for many years, and many men and women 
of this community received not only their early education here, but they 
also acquired the moral precepts from these remarkable women, which have 
guided them through life. To their keen mentality and wonderful mem¬ 
ories, the author is indebted for many interesting facts about the early history 
of LaGrange. 

George Heard Home, 206 Broad Street. The home of George Heard 
is a stately house in a setting of trees and shrubs, which was inherited by 
his daughter, Martha Heard, who married Judge James M. Beall, and the 
house was known for many years as the Beall house. There were two sons in 
the Heard family, the one, Rev. Peter A. Heard, who married Mary Cade 
Alford, made a great name for himself in Georgia Methodism; the other, 
Dr. Henry Thomas Heard was equally distinguished as a physician. This 
house is now the residence of Mrs. George E. Dallis. 

Dougherty Home. The home of Robert Dougherty formerly occupied 
the whole block on Church Street, part of which is now the site of the 
Render Apartments. Some of the giant oaks that adorned these beautiful 
grounds are still standing. The house was a large colonial structure. As 
Robert Dougherty was regarded as a giant in the legal profession, his home 
was the frequent meeting place of pioneer celebrities. This site, after the 
destruction of the Southern Female College on Hill Street in 1861, was the 
location of the college, the apartments being a portion of the college 
buildings. 

Samuel Reid House. The house on the Mountville road, located in Land 
Lot No. 90 of Sixth District, is one of the first frame houses in Troup 
County. It was built by Samuel Reid, the county surveyor, and replaced 
the log house of the early pioneer days. The stately columns were added 
at a much later date. Judge Reid was the grandfather of Mrs. J. B. Strong. 
The house today is known as the Glanton house, and stands far back on the 
north side of the road. 

Riley Marchman Home. When the early pioneers began to settle in 
Troup County, Riley Marchman built a home on Land Lot No. 99 of the 
Sixth District, which is on the south side of the Mountville road. He cleared 
the ground for his plantation, which was surrounded by Indian cabins and 
homes. George Marchman, a youth of sixteen in training in Company C 
of First Georgia Reserves, was killed at the battle of Fort Tyler in West 
Point, and is buried in the family cemetery on this place. 


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Walter Colquitt Home. On the outskirts of the southeastern part of 
LaGrange, Walter Colquitt bought a tract of land and built a house. While 
he was never a resident of Troup County, yet he spent all his summers in 
this country home, which in later days became the property of A. J. Heard. 

Joel D. Newsom Home. This home is located on the north side of the 
Big Springs road in Land Lot No. 136 of the Sixth District, and was the 
home of Joel D. Newsom. This house of colonial type of architecture is 
a replica of the Boddie house on the Mountville road, and was designed by 
Cullen Rogers, an able architect of the ante bellum period. 

Lindsay Home, 401 Vernon Street. This house occupies the site for¬ 
merly known as No. 3 Commons of LaGrange, and was the home of B. F. H. 
Lindsay, whose daughter, Mrs. Bessie Lindsay Walker, resides on Hill Street. 
After the death of B. F. H. Lindsay, his widow married Dr. William E. 
Murphey and lived in the same house. John L. Robertson was the next 
owner, and in the late nineties it was purchased by Mrs. Frank Ward and her 
daughters, one of whom, Miss Lulu Ward, still has her home and flower gar¬ 
den there. Mrs. Ward was a quiet gentlewoman, who looked on the journey 
of life as a road to Jericho, and deemed the law of human helpfulness one of 
the greatest laws of the code. 

John Hill Home. One of the very interesting old homes in Troup 
County is that of John Hill at Long Cane, located in Land Lot No. 189 of 
the Fifth District. It is similar to most of the houses of former days, co¬ 
lonial in style with broad farm lands surrounding it. From this home came 
three men of marked ability: Dr. John Hill, William Pinckney Hill, and 
Senator Benjamin Harvey Hill. 

Alford Home. The first home built in the western part of LaGrange 
in Land Lot No. 110, was the home of Julius C. Alford, which formerly was 
located on the site of LaGrange College. Julius C. Alford, our Congress¬ 
man who was dubbed the "War Horse of Troup,” was prominent in the early 
military and political circles, and proposed the name for the city of LaGrange. 

Julius Alford was a great uncle of Judge W. T. Tuggle, our popular city 
court judge. This site was purchased by the Montgomery brothers in 1843 
for the erection of dormitories for students of the LaGrange Female Institute, 
which used the Female Academy on Broad Street for class rooms. 

Forest Home. The home of Charles Cabiniss Bailey, located in Land 
Lot No. 252 of the Sixth District, was purchased by him October 28, 1827. 
Charles Bailey came from Henry County, Virginia, to Forsyth, Georgia, and 
leaving his family in Forsyth, he brought carpenters with him to Troup, as 
well as blacksmiths and masons. With this corps of laborers he constructed 
five two-story houses in the county. In 1850, he built the handsome resi- 


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dence known as "Forest Home” on the above mentioned site on the north 
side of the Hamilton road, near Rosemont School at present. He presented 
this home to his daughter, Mrs. John Humphrey Traylor, whose descendents 
still retain possession of the estate. The first ladder steps of the house built 
in 1827 are still in use to connect the second story of the house with the 
attic. The old wisteria still climbs across the verandah, and the old garden 
still boasts of the ancient boxwood, crepe myrtle and tall cedars. What 
stories of elaborate hospitality, brilliant entertainments of celebrated men, 
romance, joy and sorrow, this house and garden could tell! Jefferson Davis 
and a host of others were entertained within its hospitable portals. From 
this home have gone forth numerous men and women distinguished in the 
social and political life of Georgia. 

Boykin Home. This beautiful old colonial home is located in Land Lot 
No. 139 of the Fourteenth District, which was originally a part of old Car- 
roll County. The present house was built in 1849 by John T. Boykin, and 
was occupied by his son, John T. Boykin, and his children continuously 
until 1924, and was ever known for the generous hospitality of its inmates. 

Poythress Home. The site of the home of Joseph Poythress was bought 
by him in 1830 from James and William Daniel, and occupied the site of the 
present post office in LaGrange. The property was inherited by Frank Poy¬ 
thress, who married Caroline Ware, and she in turn became the owner of the 
property after the death of her husband, and sometime afterward she mar¬ 
ried John T. Gay, and lived in the house until her death in 1922. The house 
was moved to front on Broome Street when the post office was built, and 
was finally razed in 1925. 

Griggs Home. The battle-scarred Griggs home is on the Alabama line 
in West Point and located in Alabama, but it is so closely identified with 
the history of Troup County, that it has been included in our list of homes. 
It remains practically unchanged since the battle of Fort Tyler, when it was 
scarred with bullets in the fierce struggle for possession of the fort. 

Whitfield House. This is one of the old houses of Troup County, and 
was the home of Horatio Whitfield, an old pioneer of the county, and is 
located on the south side of the road at Whitfield Crossing near Louise. The 
property was afterward in the possession of the Banks family. In 1931, it 
was purchased by S. H. Dunson, and he and Mrs. Dunson have used excellent 
judgment in the remodeling of the house, adhering strictly, though in a 
charming manner, to the traditions of architecture of the ante bellum period 
during which the old house was built. It is now known as "Gricewood.” 

Tarver House, Church Street. This house was built by the mother 
of Judge Walter Colquitt. After the death of Henry Colquitt, her husband, 


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she married Andrew W. Tarver, and was in her second widowhood when the 
house was built. She occupied the house with her son, John Colquitt and his 
children, he being a widower at that time. The property is in possession of 
the Lehmann family and has been for many years. 

Henderson Home, 303 Hill Street. This stately house was built by 
William Henderson, the great uncle of Mrs. R. O. Pharr, some time before 
the war, and was purchased by Benjamin H. Bigham in 1865 upon his return 
from the War Between the States. It is conspicuous for the beautiful stair¬ 
case and the handsome brass cornices over the windows. Mrs. Adelaide 
Bigham Park, her daughter, Mrs. Mary Park Polhill, and her granddaughter, 
Mrs. Adelaide Park Webster, were all married in the same room of the house. 

McFarland Home, Hines Street. This house was built by a German 
contractor named Wagner for Joseph D. McFarland about the year 1833. 
It was occupied by the Bacon and the Fannin families; James Stanley and 
his wife lived here in 1843, and it was afterwards occupied by Benjamin B. 
Amos, the father of Mrs. Ida McFarlane. It was bought by L. J. Render in 
1880 and is still in possession of his daughter, Mrs. W. E. Morgan. The 
Render family though pioneers of Meriwether County have added much to 
the wealth, culture and prestige of LaGrange and Troup County for more 
than fifty years. 

Rutledge Home. This house is located on the east side of the road from 
Hardin Crossroad to West Point. It was built by a contractor named Urpe 
in 1852 for Joseph Rutledge, father of Mrs. M. L. Fleming. Two years were 
required to construct the house; no nails were used in the framing, all joints 
being mortised and tenoned and fastened by wooden pegs. It remained the 
property of Joseph Rutledge until his death in 1892, and became the property 
of Mrs. M. L. Fleming in 1895, and was sold by her to William Hogg in 1908. 

Frost Home, 323 Greenville Street. This house was the former home 
of the Frost family, who were financial and military characters in the early 
days of LaGrange. At some later time it was purchased by W. V. Gray, and 
occupied by his family for many years, and is still in possession of the family. 

Wilkes Home, 218 Main Street. This house was the former home of 
Benjamin Wilkes, the grandfather of Ben Wilkes of Springdale Drive. The 
house was situated in the center of a large lot fronting on Main, Bull and 
Broome streets. It was afterwards moved southward from the original po¬ 
sition, when the Truitt home was built near Broome Street. The Wilkes 
family were among the wealthiest and most influential of the early days. 

Swanson Homes. On the north side of the old Vernon road just beyond 
the second crossing of the A. B. & C. Railroad is the old home of Graves 
Swanson. On the south side of Vernon road within the city limits on the 


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site of the home of Ely R. Callaway was the home of Sherwood Swanson. 
Both of these homes were noted for their lavish hospitality. The home of 
Sherwood Swanson housed the first session of the Superior Court held in the 
county. Sherwood Swanson married Sarah Cameron, one of the three grad¬ 
uates of LaGrange College under the Montgomerys in the first class of 1846. 

Cameron Home. This home is located on the north side of Vernon 
road just within the city limits, and was the home of Benjamin Cameron, a 
pioneer builder and contractor. He built the old court house in 1831. His 
son built the dormitory and college building of LaGrange College in early 
1861, the war preventing the completion of the college building. 

Sims Home. The home of Wiley Sims was the site of the old LaGrange 
Country Club; the old house being remodeled as a club house. Wiley Sims 
was the first ordinary of Troup County, the office being created in 18 52. 
He was prominent in the social and political life of early days. 

Florence Home. Near the A. J. Heard place southeast of LaGrange, 
the summer home of Judge Walter Colquitt, was located the Florence home. 
The menage of this home was noted for the exquisite furniture, handsome 
carriage and horses, and other appointments in keeping with the early 
pioneer country home. 

Poer Home. This house dates far back in the county records, and the 
age is attested by the bend in the street in West Point, whose other streets 
are straight lines except those along the river front. The city was laid off 
in rectangular squares at the beginning of its existence. 

Whatley Home. This home is located on a narrow road leading north 
just beyond the Estes Cemetery west of Abbottsford. A view of this quaint 
house bespeaks its age. The angular dormers and steeply pitched roof are 
ample evidence of the originality and good taste of the designer. 

Harwell Home, 305 Broad Street. This is perhaps one of the oldest 
homes in LaGrange and was the home of Vines Harwell and his wife, Mary 
Lane, who were married on November 18, 1823, and afterwards moved to this 
home, where were born Henry and John Harwell on December 24, 1827, in 
this house. The house was afterwards occupied by J. Brown Morgan, whose 
wife was captain of the "Nancy Harts” in the Civil War period. It was 
afterward owned by John N. Cooper. It has been in possession of the 
Pinckard family for more than thirty years. The beautiful columns were 
added to the house in the later years of its existence. 

Modern Homes. Among the handsome modern homes of LaGrange, 
West Point and Hogansville, may be mentioned the following: Truitt and 
Dunson homes built in southern colonial style; Nix home of English type 
with its beautiful gardens; the handsome Callaway Italian villa set in the 


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famed Ferrell Gardens, now called "Hills and Dales”; Lanier home in West 
Point with the house and gardens artistically set on the famous Fort Tyler 
hill with a magnificent panoramic view of the surrounding country; Word 
home in Hogansville picturesquely located in a stately grove of oaks. 

There are doubtless many other homes in the county, which should be 
enumerated, but the lack of definite information has prevented their inclu¬ 
sion in this edition of our county history. 


CHAPTER XXIII. CUSTOMS AND PRACTICES 


P LANTATION DAYS. On the old plantations the spring months were 
one unending toil of planting, sowing, weeding, tilling up to the 
"laying by” time about the first of July, when the golden seas of wheat, 
barley, rye and oats, and sometimes millet were waiting for harvest time. 
The strong armed cradler mows a swath in the ripened grain, and he is 
closely followed by one who gathers the cuts and binds them into conven¬ 
ient bundles or sheaves. When the reaping and binding are complete, the 
bundles are shocked in upright piles with one spread over the top to protect 
the shocks from possible rains before the threshing time. 

The itinerant thresher is notified that the community is ready for "thrash¬ 
ing day”; and when notice is received that the caravan is on the way, then 
commenced the hurry, bustle and hard toil of the burning summer days, 
which left completely exhausted every one from the cooks feeding the extra 
itinerant crew and the laborers moving the grain to the thresher and the chaff 
and straw out of the workers’ way, to the master awaiting the scorer’s count 
of the harvest total. The modern reaper has taken away the glamor of old 
"thrashing days” with the hearty appetites and deep sleep consequent upon 
laborious toil. 

The summer months were largely idle time with the exception of the 
pulling of fodder and cutting of hay. Visits to distant friends and kinsmen, 
various gatherings in churches and camp meetings, served to pass away the 
long summer days. The call of the road commissioners always marred the 
idyllic summer days, when the able bodied citizens gathered together for 
highway work in making possible the old roads and in cutting new ones. 

The notable days of autumn were cotton picking, cane grinding, cider 
making, corn shucking, each of which were celebrated in accordance with 
the alcoholic inclinations of the participants. One other day should be 
mentioned, and that is settling day or October 1, when the accounts of the 
harvest year are closed. Prior to this date all transactions were of the barter 
type: the threshing paid in toll of grain; the miller in toll of grain; all else 
on credit payable on the settling day. 

Plantation days are gone with its toils and labors, with its pleasures and 
recreations, but they have a warm place in our hearts. 

The Country Doctor. In the early days most of the roads were only 
faintly marked trails, and in consequence travel was largely on horseback. 
This was the method employed by the country doctors in reaching their 
patients, and all physicians were country doctors. 

The doctor was the surgeon, the dentist, the pharmacist, the nurse, and 
the botanist, and anything else that was needed by the patient. He carried 


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in his saddlebags instruments for operations, materials for compounding rem¬ 
edies, miscellaneous sedatives and purgatives, bandages and liniments, in fact 
a circulating pharmacy. 

On the way to some distant visitation his watchful eye was ever on the 
alert for catnip, boneset, lobelia, bay berry, gentian and all those plants from 
which he prepared his tinctures. 

It is a matter of pleasure and also of duty to pay tribute to the tireless 
energy, enduring patience and studious skill of these faithful pioneer min¬ 
isters of health to our forefathers. 

Corn Shucking. The monotony of farm life was sometimes broken by 
introducing a concerted social feature, or by making play of work. One 
of these in those other days was a "Corn Shucking,” which our northwestern 
countrymen would call a "Husking Bee,” but in our Georgia always bore 
the above appellation. 

By light of lanterns and to the accompaniment of banjos and fiddles (not 
violins) husky neighbors vied with one another in races of time or quantity 
of corn husked, and a feature of the contest was to find who would shuck 
the first ear of red corn, which entitled the lucky one to the first and a 
double portion of the eggnog, and sometimes he received also a spanking 
from the envious defeated contestants. 

The dancing of jigs and singing of old songs interspersed the program of 
work and amusement. Now, alas, the days of corn shuckings are no more, 
and it is in memory alone that we may see some husky buck "cut the pigeon 
wing,” or hear some old darky "zoon.” 

Log Rolling. The original forests of the county were so dense that in 
order to plant crops, it was necessary to fell the trees and to destroy all timber 
not needed for building cabins, barns and shelters. The disposition of the 
enormous mass of trunks, branches and brush entailed the communistic as¬ 
sistance of neighbors in rolling the logs into a heap for burning. After the 
arduous toil by day with cant hooks and levers, came the evening by the 
light of the bonfire, and entertainment of song and dance with refreshments 
both liquid and savory. 

House Warming. When the patches for fields and gardens were cleared, 
and the cabin of logs completed with its board roof and stick chimney; when 
puncheon benches, shelves and racks and bunks, were added, and the pioneer 
ready to occupy his new home, invitations were broadcast by word of mouth 
to the "House Warming.” The house might be the future home of some 
newlyweds, or merely the abiding place of some newcomer to the com¬ 
munity, but the ceremony was much the same in either case. The host gave 
warm welcome with a roaring fire in the spacious fireplace, a royal banquet 


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of venison or bear steak with suitable accompaniments, which usually in¬ 
cluded hard liquor for men and wine for the ladies. 

The presents brought by the guests would seem curious when compared 
with a modern shower: for the host, a powder horn scraped until thin and 
translucent, a leather shot pouch, a tinder box, a coon-skin cap, knitted 
woolen socks and the like; for the madame, a skillet, a spider, buckskin 
moccasins, mittens knitted from colored yarns, and the like. 

Cooking Methods. The pioneer oven usually placed some distance back 
of the cabin, was a cumbersome affair built of stone or brick, with a huge 
firebox underneath provided with a stick chimney for the draft. The firing 
of the oven was not a daily occurrence, for it required some time to heat 
the oven chamber to a cooking temperature. The bread supply for a week 
was usually baked at one heating, and a ham, or a whole pig, or a turkey, or 
all three could be baked at one time in the cavernous depths of the oven on 
ceremonial occasions, but roasting and barbecuing were more frequently 
resorted to for such use as the family alone required. 

The spider was a three legged cooking implement for cooking bread at 
the open fireplace. It was provided with a cast iron cover on which hot 
coals and ashes were heaped in order to brown on top the biscuit or corn 
pone without having to turn over. 

The skillet, or frying pan, was used for the cooking of rashers of bacon, 
sliced ham and steaks, much as at the present time. 

The hot ashes of the giant fireplace were also utilized for the roasting of 
sweet potatoes, and sometimes for the cooking of the ashcake of corn bread. 
To keep the home fires burning was a solemn duty, since matches though 
invented in 18 56 were not in common use in the South until some time 
after the Civil War. The method of preserving fire was to bank ashes over 
the live coals at night before going to bed. The hunter, camper and long 
distance teamster customarily carried a tinder box, flint and steel, or some¬ 
times in a metal box a spongy mass taken from decayed trees, which they 
called ''punk/* which would when enclosed carry a smouldering spark for 
many hours. 

Horseback Riding. In the early days when most of the roads were little 
more than faintly marked trails, the favorite method of transportation was 
that of a saddle horse. The general use of saddle horses made necessary 
some changes of costumes, which were later relegated to the realm of things 
past and forgotten. One of these changes among the men was the habitual 
wearing of high top boots. Among women in the days when modesty of 
person was considered a virtue was the use of the side saddle, and a riding 
habit with long flowing skirts was always in evidence. These perquisites 


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required the use of other forgotten conveniences, such as boot-jacks in the 
bedroom and mounting blocks at the gate. 

Fourth of July and Christmas. A very curious reflex from the wan¬ 
ton destruction and pillage of Federal soldiers during the war and the suc¬ 
ceeding days of Reconstruction was the feeling that the independence for 
which we fought in the eighteenth century was being denied our people in 
the nineteenth. As a consequence the former elaborate celebrations of the 
Fourth of July were abandoned and have not to this day ever been as whole¬ 
heartedly celebrated as in those other days. The use of noise producing fire¬ 
works and of fantastic masquerade parades was bodily transferred to the 
celebration of Christmas, which had been in the former days a quiet cele¬ 
bration of social cheer and church service. 

Carpentering. The pioneers were endowed with a plentiful supply of 
timber, and had only to choose the enduring varieties for permanence. For 
the zigzag or worm rail fences, the easy splitting chestnut was chosen; for 
the log cabins, the long slender boles of short leaf yellow pine; for the picket 
fences of gardens and yards and for covering boards, some easily rived species 
of oak; for the later development of frame dwellings, pines and oaks or such 
as yielded to the magic touch of the broadax and adz. The sills of a house 
were hewn with broadax, and carefully mortised for each corner post, brace 
and stud in the wall, and each upright timber was firmly pegged into its 
place at top and bottom. 

Within the recollection of the writer was the first structure in which the 
above members were toenailed in place, when the old citizens warmly de¬ 
bated whether the house would withstand its first winter of wind and rain. 

The old time carpenter treasured in his complement of tools, a crosscut 
saw, a broadax for hewing, an adz for smoothing, a froe for riving boards 
and pickets, a large and a small auger for pinning, a large hatchet, and such 
other tools as his purse permitted, such as a handsaw, a hammer, a plane, and 
some chisels for mortising. 

The strength and beauty of some of the old houses built during the pioneer 
days are a lasting monument to the skill of these craftsmen of those other 
days, when all work from the forging of nails to the ripping of planks, from 
the fashioning of mouldings to the smoothing of flooring, was hand work. 
They budded wisely and well. 

Working the Roads. The old time road work was usually performed 
in August after the fodder was pulled and the hay cut. Every able bodied 
citizen in a militia district was subject to the call of the road boss of the 
district, and under his supervision the holes and washes of the roads were 
filled, and the ditches were cleared. When a place was remembered as being 


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miry and wet in the preceding winter, it was piled with stones, or covered 
with transverse poles and logs and smoothed over with earth, which the 
heavy rains soon removed, and gave the passing traveler that bane of a 
highway, which was dubbed a "corduroy road.” 

If the old road was very much eroded, the old plan was to shift to right 
or left as convenience dictated. Putting top-soil on a road was unknown, 
and paving was practically limited to the streets of large cities. Many of 
the old roads were narrow and often flanked by cavernous ditches. The 
small streams were crossed by fords and the larger ones by ferries, though 
bridges were added as rapidly as possible, but the efforts were largely in the 
direction of the addition of new roads to connect new communities with 
those previously established. 

The summoning for road work was later developed into a road tax, which 
was compulsory on all male citizens, and which could be paid by personal 
labor, or in money, or by the furnishing certain teams and appliances for 
road work. 

Settling Day. In the early days there were very few cash transactions, 
and most accounts for clothing, groceries, fertilizers, harness, and in fact 
every class of commodity, were tacitly made as payable on October 1st, which 
date was interpreted very freely as some time before Christmas, or rather 
the date on which the cotton was sold. The day of settlement with the 
merchant, or settling day, was the date due of crop mortgages, and various 
obligations. The payment of the hired help was usually deferred to some 
time nearer the eve of Christmas. 

Pipe Smoking. In the days when smoking was a pastime and not a busi¬ 
ness, a familiar sight was that of the corn-cob pipe with its reed stem, or 
the more durable and also more odorous clay pipe, either of which was 
charged with home-grown tobacco, and lighted by means of a live coal 
from the glowing fireplace. 

Shin Plasters. Before that silver was used for fractional currency, the 
Federal government put into circulation some paper money of small denom¬ 
inations. The bills were not only small in value, but also small in size. The 
denominations were five cent, ten cent, twenty-five cent, and fifty cent bills, 
and because of their small size were humorously called "shin plasters.” Most 
of these bills of fractional currency have been retired from circulation, and 
those remaining are kept in the collections of numismatists together with 
the two-cent copper coin, and the three-cent and half dime silver pieces. 

Peddler Wagons. An exciting event in the lonely country communities 
was the coming of the peddler wagon, a conestoga affair, with the greatest 
imaginable variety of wares: tinware in the form of cups, pans, plates, buck- 


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ets, strainers and sifters; cutlery of all descriptions from knives to broad- 
axes; ribbons, laces, calicoes, flannels, lindsey, and sometimes silks and vel¬ 
vets; Arnica and liniments, quinine and tonics, turpentine and machine oil. 
All wares were offered for cash or barter in fruits, rags, bacon, meal, pota¬ 
toes, and horse feed. Sometimes with the peddler came the tinker, who 
sharpened scissors and knives, soldered leaky pans and buckets, and repaired 
umbrellas and clocks. 

Going to Mill. Among the holidays for farmer boys in those other days, 
none were more pleasing than that of taking grist to the mills, corn and 
wheat. Then while waiting your turn, the time was spent in fishing and 
in wandering along the stream, or in watching the mysterious processes of 
bolting and sacking of bran, shorts and flour. The sight of the ponderous 
water wheels, and the spray and foam of tumbling waters was ever a source 
of pleasure and interest. 

Quilting Bees. In the halcyon days when the opportunities of the mis¬ 
sion circles, the parent-teacher associations, and the bridge clubs, were un¬ 
known, the feminine interchange of news and gossip was limited to church¬ 
goers and to those gathered together for some ostensible work for charity 
or for personal benefit such as sewing and quilting bees and the like. The 
technical term, bee, had no reference to the humming machines, which 
were then not in existence, nor did it always imply the idea of steady con¬ 
tinuous work, but it did always have a buzzing in the form of chat and 
whispers, which gave the name. 

After the industrious housewife had laboriously fashioned square after 
square of variously colored scraps of cloth in accordance with some design 
or fashion of the day, and had assembled and sewed together the squares for 
the quilt cover, and had stretched the lining on the frames, and had neatly 
placed the carded cotton and the patterned cover over all, then the invita¬ 
tions were sent to all neighbors to come to the quilting bee. Soon after the 
assembling of the clans, the swiftly plying needles formed row after row 
of quilting seams. When fingers began to tire, they were relayed by waiting 
helpers, and the crisscross seams of the quilters were soon completed. When 
the work was finished, then came the refreshments, which were usually cake 
and wine. 

Among the old time patterns for the squares are noted the following 
names: Hexagon, Double Irish Chain, Rocky Mountain, Lone Star of Texas, 
Tulip, Wheel of Fortune, Rainbow, Ohio Rose, Log Cabin, Pineapple, Love 
Apple, The Whig Rose, and later that rebellious attitude toward anything 
symmetrical was that "Crazy Quilt.” 


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The decades have passed and many of the old time quilts handed down 
from the former days attest the excellence of the old workmanship and 
materials. 

Illumination. In the pioneer days there was little need of lights in the 
home, for books were few in number and newspapers long delayed in trans¬ 
mission, and fat pine knots furnished such light as was necessary as they 
flared in the huge fireplaces. Torches were used in such movements by night 
as were unavoidable. 

The tallow from slaughtered cattle was next used for lighting. It was 
shaped into long cylinders with a central wick made from twisted cotton 
yarns. In very close rooms there was a somewhat disagreeable odor from 
the sputtering tallow, and the use of wax and of the sperm from whales con¬ 
stituted the first improvement in the making of candles. Snuffers, an im¬ 
plement for trimming wicks, were always found hanging near the mantel. 

The discovery of petroleum in 1858 soon changed the source of the illum¬ 
ination to that of oil lamps, but in the beginning there were frequent ex¬ 
plosions due to the mixture of gasoline, naphtha and other highly inflam¬ 
mable oils with the kerosene. These dangerous elements were soon removed 
by distillation and gasoline was then only a waste product for which there 
was little market. The glass chimney and the argand burner soon became 
the best means of illumination. The streets of cities were lighted by oil lamps 
set on the tops of posts, and a lamplighter was one of the city employes. 

The next development of illumination was the utilization of uatural or 
of manufactured gas, distributed in pipes to the various consumers, but this 
was used only in the larger cities, and Troup County had none large enough 
to warrant such use for city and commercial lighting. This in turn was 
improved by the device of an incandescent mantle to give greater brilliance 
of lighting. 

The invention of incandescent electric lights by Edison in 1879 marked 
the beginning of the period which enables night to be transformed into day. 
Direct current was used for the incandescent and the carbon arc lights for 
street lighting in the early days. The development of lamps in higher candle 
powers finally displaced the arc lights for street purposes, and the use of al¬ 
ternating currents removed the magnetic effects. The invention of storage 
batteries and small units of lighting have opened the rural districts to the 
benefits of such forms of lighting. 

What the next step shall be, can be only a matter of speculation and im¬ 
agination, but one element will control in the next step, and that will be 
cold light. 


CHAPTER XXIV. CONFEDERATE ROSTER 



HE following roster of Troup County Confederate Soldiers indicates 
organizations in which they served, and such casualties as could be 


ascertained. 


Adams, Augustus. B-60 Ga.; wounded Winchester. 

Adams, Dock. B-60 Ga. 

Adams, James. B-60 Ga. 

Adams, Joseph. B-60 Ga.; from Heard County. 

Ainsworth, David H. F-21 Ga.; March I, 1863; wounded Second Manassas. 

Akers, Franklin C. B-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; discharged July 21, 1864. 

Akers, Reuben A. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; wounded Kernstown, Va. 

Allen, Henry C. B-60 Ga. 

Allen, John W. D-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; wounded Winchester, Sept. 19, 1864; died Oct., 
1864. 

Allen, Captain Ujanirtus C. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; 2nd Lt. Dec. 3, 1861; born Jan. 

29, 1839; Captain, May 31, 1862; killed Chancellorsville. 

Allison, A. K-13 Ga.; July 9, 1861; died Lynchburg hospital, Sept. 18, 1862. 

Allison, D. E. K-13 Ga.; March 1, 1862; wounded Sept. 17, 1862; wounded Spottsylvania, 
May 18, 1864; furloughed from wound Feb. 28, 1865. 

Allison, Robert G. K-13 Ga.; March 1, 1862; sick Dec. 31, 1864; died 1865. 

Alston, Noah. D-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861. 

Anderson, John R. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; killed Cold Harbor, Va. 

Anderson, James M. D-4 Ga.; Sept. 21, 1861; Sergeant May, 1862; killed Wilderness. 
Anderson, Nicholas. D-4 Ga.; Sept. 21, 1861; discharged July 20, 1862, under age. 
Anderson, Thomas J. K-13 Ga.; July 9, 1861; appointed Ensign 13th Regiment. 

Anderson, W. J. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; sick Charlottesville typhoid, March 7, 1863; 

furlough June 17, 1863; died Nov. 5, 1863. 

Andrews, E. J. M. K-13 Ga.; March 1, 1862. 

Andrews, Thomas J. E-41 Ga.; Aug. 29, 1862; captured Vicksburg, July 4, 1863; special 
duty Oct. 12, 1863. 

Andrews, William L. E-41 Ga.; Aug. 29, 1862; sur. Greensboro, N. C., April 26, 1865. 

Andrews, W. H. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; medical department, Feb. 28, 1865. 

Andrews, W. P. A-2 Batt. Ky. 

Armstrong, William. B-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; wounded Winchester, Va. 

Arrington, Lewis. B-4 Ga.; killed Fort Steadman, March 25, 1865. 

Arrington, Francis M. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861. 

Ashford, James W. E-41 Ga.; Reg. Surg. March 10, 1863; died Columbus, Miss., June 
25, 1863; enlisted March 4, 1862. 

Ashford, George R. B-4 Ga.; June 4, 1861; discharged July 24, 1864. 

Askew, Benjamin F. D-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; discharged Camp Jackson, Sept. 16, 1861. 
Atkins, James. Fort Tyler. 

Atkins, William. Fort Tyler. 

Atkins, Thomas G. D-4 Ga.; June 21, 1861; discharged 1862, under age. 

Atkinson, Thomas J. D-4 Ga.; 2nd Lt., April 28, 1862; 1st Lt., July 15, 1862; died in 
Camp Guinnies Station, Va., 1862. 


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Attaway, J. W. E-2 Ga.; Feb. —, 1863. 

Austin, John P. C. Galveston, Texas, Art. 

Autrey, John. D-4 Ga.; May —, 1862; died Richmond in winter of 1862. 

Awtrey, John. K-60; Ala. 

Ayres, Kirke. Fort Tyler. 

Bagby, James T. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; O. Sergeant, Dec. 3, 1861; 2nd Lt. Feb. 12 
1863; 1st Lt. May 8, 1863; wounded Cold Harbor, Va. 

Bagby, Mount. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; killed Second Manassas. 

Bagwell, Madison M. F-21 Ga.; Feb. 16, 1863; fate unknown. 

Baker, A. M. K-5 5 Ga.; May —, 1862. 

Baker, Early. B-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; discharged July 17, 1862. 

Baker, John E. G-l Ga.; died in prison June —, 1864. 

Baker, James S. D-4 Ga.; Sept. 10, 1861; born Oct. 5, 1844; died Nov. 15, 1913. 
Baker, Troup. B-60 Ga. 

Bailey, Charles C. B-60 Ga. 

Bailey, Croft. B-60 Ga. 

Bailey, C. J. E-46 Ga.; Nov. —, 1862. 

Bailey, W. A. E-46 Ga.; 1863. 

Banks, Jeptha D. F-21 Ga.; March 1, 1862; crippled for life at Richmond. 

Banks, W. J. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; wounded at Monocacy, Md. 

Bankston, I. C. C-34 Ga.; 1862. 

Barksdale, Mims. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; killed Perryville, Ky., Oct. 8, 1862. 

Barnes, J. E. E-22 Ga. 

Barnes, William D. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862. 

Bassett, F. H. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; killed Perryville, Ky., Oct. 8, 1862. 

Bassett, Rufus H. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; killed Monocacy, Md., Aug. —, 1862. 

Bassett, Thomas J. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862. 

Batchelor, H. L. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Battle, John. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Beasley, Andrew. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Beasley, Stephen T. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; Asst. Surg. July 17, 1861; res. March 21, 
1862. 

Beasley, William M. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; courier; furlough Feb. 28, 1865. 

Beard, John T. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; died Lauderdale Springs hospital May 10, 1862. 
Beddington, John. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; fate unknown. 

Beeland, L. N. B-60 Ga.; killed. 

Belt, John. B-60 Ga. 

Bennefield, James M. A-10 Cavalry; transferred E-41 Ga.; Dec. 1 5, 1863 ; captured April 
—, 1865. 

Bennett, H. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861. 

Bennett, Jesse E. F-21 Ga.; Mar. 4, 1863; wounded in several battles. 

Bennett, William. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861. 

Benson, Henry J. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; discharged 1862. 

Betterton, John. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; killed at Richmond, Va. 

Binns, J. L. F-5 Ga.; 1861. 

Birdsong, G. W. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861. 

Birdsong, John W. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; died Harrodsburg, Ky., Nov. 1, 1862. 
Birdsong, Washington F. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; provost gd. Nov. 17, 1863. 


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Black, W. J. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861. 

Blackman, D. R. D-3 Ga.; May —, 1862. 

Blackwell, Robert. D-4 Ga.; July 30, 1862; with company a few days. 

Blackwood, George W. A-60 Ga.; died wounds May —, 1864. 

Bledsoe, Warren B. D-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; wounded and captured Petersburg, Va., April 
2, 1865. 

Boddie, Thomas A. B-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; discharged Aug. 21, 1864. 

Bohannon, B. F. D-3 5 Ga.; March 20, 1862. 

Boler, Alex. K-60 Ala.; killed. 

Bolin, John. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861. 

Bolin, Tip. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861. 

Bolin, William B. F-21 Ga.; May 1, 1862; detailed as teamster. 

Bonner, J. W. Wilcox Reg.; July —, 1864. 

Boone, Jesse. B-60 Ga.; killed at Spottsylvania. 

Boone, Porter. B-60 Ga.; killed at Spottsylvania. 

Bowles, Perminis (Bud). B-60 Ga. 

Bowles, William F. 1-30 Ga.; Aug. —, 1862. 

Bowling, David Asbury. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; killed Plymouth, N. C., July 12, 1864. 
Boyd, Andrew J. C-Ferrell Battery; B-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; O. Sergeant Oct. 19, 1861. 
Boyd, H. F., Serg. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; died Port Royal, March 9, 1863, disease. 

Boyd, Richard C. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; discharged Tupelo, Miss., July 13, 1862, 

disability. 

Boyd, William M. B-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; discharged July 26, 1862. 

Boyd, William M. D-4 Ga.; May 8, 1862; died in Richmond, Sept. —, 1862. 

Boykin, Asbury. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; killed Plymouth, N. C., July 12, 1864. 

Boykin, John T., Captain. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; resigned May 31, 1862. 

Bradfield, Thomas S. Fort Tyler; wounded. 

Bradley, William J. E-60 Ala.; 1862. 

Brady, John. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Brady, King. D-4 Ga.; May 13, 1862. 

Brantley, Wiley L. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; died Bethel Springs, Tenn., April 24, 1862. 
Brantley, John. B-60 Ga.; killed. 

Brantley, William. B-60 Ga.; killed. 

Brantley, William M. K-13 Ga.; March 3, 1863; discharged Richmond, May 23, 1864, 
disability. 

Brewer, Alfred (Muck). B-60 Ga. 

Brewer, Hilliard. B-60 Ga. 

Brewer, John C. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; killed Second Manassas. 

Brewer, Moncie G. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Brewer, Nathan. B-60 Ga.; K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; discharged Richmond, July 10, 1861. 
Bridges, David L. K-60 Ala. 

Bridges, Dr. G. R. April 26, 1861; D-4 Ga.; discharged Camp Jackson, Va. 

Bridges, John R. D-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; Sergeant; discharged Aug. 1, 1861, disability. 
Britt, John H. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861. 

Brittain, George. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Brittain, John W. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Brittain, Wayne. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Britton, Lon. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; killed Seven Pines, Va. 


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Britton, Thomas J. F-21 Ga.; Oct. 4, 1861; killed Winchester, Va., 1864. 

Brooks, J. H. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; captured Fishers Hill, Sept. 22, 1864. 

Brooks, C. S. K-60 Ga.; arm disabled Hatchers Run, Feb. 22, 1865. 

Brooks, John W. D-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; discharged Sept. 16, 1861, disability. 

Brooks, Thomas. Fort Tyler. 

Broome, James A. D-14 Ala.; lost leg at Wilderness, Va., May 5, 1864. 

Broome, John R. K-13 Ga.; Jan. 20, 1864; disabled Feb. 28, 1865. 

Brown, J. D. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; died Savannah hospital Jan. 8, 1863. 

Brown, James D. C-l Ga.; 1862; died disease Sept. 12, 1862. 

Brown, W. L. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Bruce, S. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; died disease in hospital, 1863. 

Bruce, W. P. D-46 Ga. 

Brunt, Elbert. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; detailed to General Early Feb. 28, 1865. 

Bryan, B. F. F-5 Ga.; 1862. 

Bean, J. F. B-17 S. C.; Aug. —, 1863. 

Burke, James T. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; captured Vicksburg, Miss., July 4, 1863. 
Burke, Richard. E-41 Ga.; Jan. 31, 1863. 

Burke, Thomas J. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862. 

Bull, Lt. Col. Gustavus A. 3 5th Ga.; B-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; 2nd Lt.; res. Oct. 17, 
1861; Lt. Col. Oct. 15, 1861; wounded Seven Pines, May 31, 1862; died June 1, 1862. 
Burks, Joseph H. B-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; Adjutant; Major 4th Ga. 

Burks, G. W. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; killed Raccoon Ford in 1863. 

Burks, Lon. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861. 

Burk, Francis M. F-21 Ga.; March 4, 1863; Sergeant; wounded Fort Steadman. 

Burks, Wiley P. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Burks, W. Dawson, Captain. B-60 Ga.; Lieutenant; killed at Petersburg, Va. 

Burks, Hill. B-37 Ga.; at Fort Tyler. 

Buttrell, James. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Butts, William J. B-60 Ga.; lost leg at Hatchers Run Feb. 5, 186 5. 

Barber, Thomas. K-60 Ala. 

Busby, Oliver. Home Guard. 

Callaway, Andrew J. B-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861. 

Cameron, David W. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; captured Vicksburg, Miss., July 4, 1863. 
Cameron, James E. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; died Lauderdale Springs, Miss., May 5, 1862. 
Cameron, J. D. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; captured Cedar Run, Oct. 17, 1864. 

Cameron, Mathew B. E-41 Ga.; March 22, 1863; captured Columbia, S. C., Feb. 18, 1865. 
Cameron, T. B. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; died disease in hospital. 

Cameron, Thomas G. B-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; arm disability, Wilderness, May 5, 1864. 
Camp, Thomas A. B-4 Ga.; May 21, 1861. 

Campbell, John. B-60 Ga. 

Cantrell, F. M. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Carley, A. J. E-lst Res. Ga.; Jan. —, 1864. 

Carpenter, B. F. K-37 Ga.; Feb. —, 1862; died suddenly July —, 1863. 

Carlon, Thomas. E-41 Ga.; A. W. O. L. May 17, 1863 to Dec. 31, 1863. 

Carr, R. L. B-4 Ga.; recruit no date. 

Cary, H. H. Fort Tyler. 

Cassels, R. H. D-25 Ga.; Sept. —, 1861; died wounds Aug. —, 1862. 


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Cato, Col. W. W. 37th Ga.; E-41 Ga.; 1st Lieutenant March 4, 1862; res. July 3, 1862; 

Captain K-2nd Cavalry Aug. 9, 1863; out Jan. 31, 1864. 

Caudle, Henry. B-37 Ga.; at Fort Tyler. 

Caudle, Richard. B-60 Ga.; killed in action. 

Caudle, Robert F. B-60 Ga.; Jan. 1, 1864. 

Caudle, Thomas J. B-60 Ga.; Lieutenant. 

Chapman, Isaac F. E-41 Ga.; Aug. 29, 1862; captured Buzzards Roost, Ga., May 13, 1864; 

died hospital Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 17, 1864. 

Chappell, A. H. D-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; discharged June 30, 1862; joined western army 
and was killed by lightning. 

Cherry, C. Story. K-60 Ala. 

Cherry, James A. D-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861. 

Cherry, Samuel. D-4 Ga.; 3rd Sergeant, April 26, 1861; 2nd Sergeant, April 28, 1862; 
Quartermaster, 1862. 

Cherry, William C. D-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; Sergeant; 2nd Lieutenant; captured Spottsyl- 
vania. 

Cherry, Thomas. Fort Tyler. 

Chipman, W. M. C-ll Ala.; June 10, 1861; leg disabled Aug. 31, 1862. 

Chisholm, Albert F. D-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; discharged 1862. 

Chisholm, Charles C. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; captured Vicksburg, Miss., July 4, 1863; 

killed Kennesaw Mountain, Ga., June —, 1864. 

Chivers, Joseph. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Christian, John N. D-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; detailed to hospital. 

Christopher, R. L. C-37 Ga. 

Clark, Upson H. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; discharged 1863. 

Clark, William H. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; 2nd Lieutenant E-17 Ala., May 15, 1862. 
Cleaveland, E. P. B-60 Ga. 

Cleaveland, Robert F. B-60 Ga.; lost two fingers Malvern Hill, July 1, 1862. 

Cleaveland, Joseph H. B-60 Ga.; wounded White Oak Swamp, July —, 1862. 

Clements, John. K-60 Ala.; killed. 

Cline, J. A. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; Corporal; killed railroad accident Goldsboro, June 
10, 1862. 

Cline, Joel P. B-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; Corporal; died LaGrange in 1863. 

Cline, John. B-37 Ga.; Fort Tyler. 

Clinton, Michael. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; wounded Cedar Creek, Va. 

Cloud, William J. D-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; captured in Va. in 1864. 

Clyatt,-. F-14 Ala.; arm disabled Gettysburg, July —, 1863. 

Cochran, Abraham J. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; captured Perryville, Ky., Jan. 14, 1863; 

died pneumonia at Baltimore Feb. 2, 1863. 

Cochran, J. A. B-l Ala.; April —, 1861. 

Cofer, M. J. C-14 Ga.; arm disabled July —, 1862. 

Cofield, Wiley. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Cohen, J. C. F-17 Ga.; Aug. —, 1861. 

Coker, Lee. A-13 Ga. 

Coker, Leonidas. A-13 Ga. 

Cole, Major. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Cole, Thomas. K-56 Ga.; May —, 1862; died in prison, 1865. 

Collier, Eli J. K-60 Ala.; Lieutenant. 


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History of Troup County 


Collins, Robert E. D-4 Ga.; June 21, 1861; wounded and discharged Chancellorsville. 
Colquitt, Robert A. B-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; died Camp Jackson May 29, 1861. 

Coogler,-. Fort Tyler. 

Cook, Burrell B. B-4 Ga.; 3rd Sergeant, April 26, 1861; discharged July 26, 1862. 

Cook, (E. D.?) C-Ferrell Battery. 

Cook, E. D. A-Barnard Battalion; March —, 1863. 

Cook, H. F. K-55 Ga. 

Cook, James. K-13 Ga.; May 10, 1863. 

Cook, Jeremiah. B-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; killed Spottsylvania, May 10, 1864. 

Cook, Sterling. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; captured Spottsylvania May 12, 1864. 

Cook, T. W. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; killed Monocacy, Md., July 9, 1864. 

Cook, William E. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; died Columbus, Miss., May 8, 1862. 

Cooley, James A. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; wounded Richmond, Fredericksburg and Gettys¬ 
burg; leg disabled July —, 1864. 

Cooley, Henry S. F-21 Ga.; May 1, 1862; killed Winchester, Va. 

Cooley, William E. F-21 Ga.; March 4, 1862. 

Cooper, J. H. D-35 Ga.; March —, 1862; killed Spottsylvania. 

Cooper, John N. B-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; at Fort Tyler. 

Cooper, Watson H. D-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; discharged Camp Jackson, disability. 
Copeland, George. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; wounded and captured Perryville, Ky., Oct. 

8, 1862; exchanged 1862; wounded Nov. —, 1862. 

Copeland, John M. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; discharged and substitute Sept. 1, 1862. 
Copeland, John. K-60 Ala. 

Copeland, Samuel. K-60 Ala.; killed. 

Cottle, A. F. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; died Savannah hospital May 13, 1864. 

Cottle, James. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Cotton, Alonzo T. D-4 Ga.; May 13, 1862. 

Cotton, W. C. 1-2 La. 

Cousar, William. B-60 Ga.; killed at Spottsylvania. 

Covin, William W. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; wounded Sharpsburg Sept. 17, 1862; fur¬ 
loughed to Troup County Feb., 1865. 

Cox, Albert H. Fort Tyler. 

Cox, Barney. B-60 Ga.; died in hospital. 

Cox, Thomas J. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; wounded Sharpsburg Sept. 14, 1862; discharged 
for disability March 10, 1864. 

Cox, William C. B-60 Ga. 

Craig, William W. E-41 Ga.; Oct. 24, 1862; captured Vicksburg July 4, 1863. 

Craven, Michael. K-13 Ga.; March 10, 1863; died Troup County Oct. 1, 1864. 

Crawford, J. A. K-13 Ga.; 2nd Sergeant, July 8, 1861; captured Spottsylvania May 12, 
1864. 

Crawford, J. M. H-13 Ga. 

Crawford, William J. D-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; discharged for disability. 

Creed,-. Fort Tyler. 

Crenshaw, Henry W. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; discharged. 

Croft, L. L. D-4 Ga.; 2nd Lieutenant, April 26, 1861; resigned May —, 1862. 

Crouch, Leander S. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; wounded and captured Sharpsburg, Md. 
Crouch, Thomas. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861. 

Crowder, Asbury. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861. 


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211 


Crowder, Charles G. F-21 Ga.; March 8, 1863. 

Crowder, Thomas. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Culver, Edward F. E-41 Ga.; Sergeant, Aug. 6, 1862; captured Vicksburg July 4, 1863. 
Cumby, Nathan. B-4 Ga.; July 21, 1861; captured and died in prison 1864. 

Cummings, J. T. L. G-46 Ala.; May —, 1862. 

Curtright, B. F. K-13 Ga.; 2nd Lieutenant, July 8, 1861, Dec. 13, 1862; 1st Lieutenant, 
June 10, 1865; wounded Kernstown March 23, 1862; wounded Sharpsburg Sept. 17, 
1862; wounded Wilderness May 6, 1864; captured Winchester Sept. 19, 1864. 
Curtright, John C. E-41 Ga.; Captain March 4, 1862; killed Perryville Oct. 8, 1862. 
Curtright, R. W. K-13 Ga.; Sept. 28, 1864; killed Hatchers Run Feb. 6, 1865. 

Curtright, Thomas S. B-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; killed Sharpsburg Sept. 17, 1862; color. 
Curtright, W. H. K-13 Ga.; O. Sergeant July 8, 1861; wounded Hatchers Run Dec. 10, 
1864; elected Lieutenant. 

Dallis, A. T. Fort Tyler. 

Dallis, Hulbert. Fort Tyler. 

Dallis, Leslie W. Fort Tyler. 

Daniel, John Thomas. C-Ferrell Battery; D-4 Ga., April 26, 1861; discharged at Camp 
Jackson for disability. 

Dansby, W. F. Fort Tyler. 

Davenport, Benjamin. B-37 Ga.; Fort Tyler. 

Davenport, John. B-20 Ga.; June —, 1861. 

Davenport, M. A. B-20 Ga. 

Davenport, M. D. C-Ferrell Battery; May —, 1862; died measles July —, 1862. 
Davenport, Thomas M. D-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; killed Chancellorsville. 

Davenport, Thomas S. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; died Savannah, Ga., Dec. 30, 1861. 
Davidson, J. P. K-13 Ga.; Sept. 10, 1861; killed Monocacy July 2, 1864. 

Davis, Henry C. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; hospital Aug. 9, 1862; duty Sept. 1, 1862; 

captured Fredericksburg April 29, 1863; died Staunton Aug. 1, 1863. 

Davis, R. E. A-14 Ala.; July —, 1861. 

Davis, W. H. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; died Richmond hospital 1862, disease. 

Davis, William. B-60 Ga.; died in Washington. 

Dawson, Hawk. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861. 

Dawson, Lemuel H. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861. 

Dawson, Thomas. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861. 

Dawson, D. Eugene. 1st Lieutenant F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; died Dudley Church Nov. 
21, 1861. 

Dean, John. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Dean, William. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Delmas, August. Fort Tyler. 

DeLoach, C. A. A-10 Ga.; Cavalry; March —, 1862. 

DeLoach, J. P. A-10 Ga.; Cavalry. 

DeLoach, Thomas J. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Denham, J. M. B-32 Ga. 

Dennis, Dock. B-60 Ga. 

Dennis, J. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Dix, John H. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; wounded Perryville, Ky., Oct. 8, 1862. 

Dix, James T. B-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861. 

Dix, Robert L. B-4 Ga.; Feb. 23, 1863; wounded. 


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Dix, Thomas S. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; wounded and captured Monocacy, Md., July 9, 
1864; died wounds Frederick City July 12, 1864. 

Dix, William J. B-4 Ga.; 2nd Sergeant April 26, 1861; wounded Sharpsburg, Md. 
Dockham, Charles. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Donnell, John (Col.) B-60 Ga. 

Douglas, Robert O. E-41 Ga.; 3rd Sergeant, March 4, 1862; Sergeant-Major, April 8, 
1862; Adjutant; 1st Lieutenant B-40 at surrender at Greensboro, N. C. 

Dozier, Charles. Fort Tyler. 

Dozier, N. K. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; killed Perryville, Ky., Oct. 8, 1862. 

Drinkard, Gus. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Duffie, Wiley. D-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; 3rd Corporal; discharged Nov. 27, 1861, over age. 
Duke, Benjamin. B-60 Ga. 

Duke, John Allen. B-60 Ga. 

Duke, John G. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; killed Spottsylvania May 12, 1864. 

Duke, Noah W. B-60 Ga.; died Savannah; buried Flat Shoals, Troup County. 

Duke, Reps. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; captured Columbia, S. C., Feb. 17, 1865. 

Duncan, Jacob. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862. 

Duncan, James E. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; died Lauderdale Springs, April 12, 1862. 
Duncan, John. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Dunson, J. M. D-3 5 Ga. 

Durham, William. B-60 Ga.; Corporal; wounded. 

Dye, James P. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Echols, J. H. K-60 Ala. 

Echols, M. F. K-60 Ala.; 1st Sergeant; May —, 1862. 

Edmondson, F. M. K-13 Ga.; Sept. 3, 1861. 

Edmundson, John D. B-13 Ga.; arm lost Manassas July —, 1864. 

Edwards, J. F. D-35 Ga.; July —, 1861. 

Edwards, Mickleberry E. D-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; wounded Kings Schoolhouse; musician; 

discharged, over age. 

Ellerbee, Mark. D-2 Ga.; 1863. 

Ellis, Charles. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Ellis, Charles S. B-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; wounded Sharpsburg; Courier General Rodes. 
Escoe, Thomas J. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; wounded Charlestown, Va. 

Estes, A. J. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; wounded and disabled. 

Estes, D. Zachariah. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; wounded Summit Point Aug. 21, 1864. 
Estes, H. F. Wisdom Co., Miller Reg.; July —, 1864. 

Estes, James P. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; wounded Aug. 22, 1862; wounded Fredericksburg 
and Chancellorsville; leg disability Aug. 28, 1862; hospital 1863. 

Estes, J. W. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Estes, M. Zachariah. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Estes, R. E. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861. 

Estridge, Joshua. Moses Co., Hunt Cavalry; Sept. —, 1863; died accident March —, 1864. 
Evans, J. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; died Richmond hospital July 21, 1862, disease. 

Evans, Luther M. K-13 Ga.; March 1, 1862; died Macon April 18, 1862, disease. 

Evans, Thomas C. E-41 Ga.; 1st Sergeant, March 4, 1862; 2nd Lieutenant, Oct. 8, 1862; 
captured Vicksburg July 4, 1863. 

Evans, William. K-13 Ga.; March 1, 1862; died Richmond hospital Oct. 31, 1863. 
Evans, William S. B-4 Ga.; 2nd Lieutenant April 26, 1861; lost leg Monocacy July 9, 1864. 


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Fannin, Col. James H. Fort Tyler; surrendered fort April 16, 1865. 

Farr, J. H. C. G-20 Ga.; leg disabled May 6, 1864. 

Fears, Algernon. K-60 Ala. 

Fears, Oliver T. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; 2nd Lieutenant 1863; wounded Fort Steadman 
March 25, 1865; killed Appomattox April 9, 1865. 

Ferguson, Samuel C. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; wounded and captured Vicksburg July 
4, 1863; lost eye Atlanta July 22, 1864. 

Ferguson, William. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; discharged 1862. 

Ferguson, Wilkes. B-60 Ga. 

Ferrell, Blount C. Fort Tyler. 

Ferrell, Captain Coleman B. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Ferrell, Mickleberry P. D-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; discharged 1861; Captain in Ala. 
Ferrell, P. E. D-4 Ga.; June 21, 1861; died hospital Portsmouth, Va., Sept. 30, 1861. 
Fisher, Marcus D. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; detail wagon work Aug. 26, 1862. 

Flemister, William. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Floyd, Henry Drew. B-60 Ga. 

Floyd, James. B-60 Ga.; wounded. 

Floyd, Thomas Penuel. B-60 Ga.; died Savannah, Ga.; buried Flat Shoals. 

Folds, T. J. E-9 Ga. 

Fomby, A. T. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; wounded Fort Steadman, Va. 

Fomby, Cornelius. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Fomby, Bates. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Fomby, Dug. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; wounded Gettysburg, Pa. 

Fomby, George W. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; wounded Fort Steadman, Va. 

Fomby, Lucius H. F-21 Ga.; March 15, 1862; wounded Second Manassas. 

Fomby, William. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; killed Drewrys Bluff, Va. 

Fomby, William A. F-21 Ga.; Feb. 16, 1862. 

Forbus, Henry. F-21 Ga.; Feb. 26, 1863. 

Forster, Richard. B-60 Ga.; died in Washington, D. C. 

Foster, B. F. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; killed 1863. 

Foster, John. Fort Tyler; wounded. 

Frazier, Y. R. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; 2nd Lieutenant, June 25, 1863; wounded Fort 
Steadman March 25, 1865; wounded and captured Richmond hospital April 3, 1865; 
Libby Prison April 18, 1865. 

Freel, W. P. D-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; killed Fort Steadman March 25, 1865. 

Freeman, C. C. Fort Tyler. 

Freeman, J. C. C. F-21 Ga.; March 21, 1864; leg disabled Winchester Sept. —, 1864. 
Freeman, John M. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862. 

Freeman, John W. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; captured Vicksburg July 4, 1863; F-l Ga., 

1864. 

Frksleben, Jacob. D-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; captured Fishers Hill, Va. 

Frost, Captain Adam C. D-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; 1st Lieutenant April 28, 1862; Captain 
July 15, 1862; killed Winchester 1864. 

Frost, B. C. D-4 Ga.; Aug. 31, 1861; discharged Camp Ripley July 20, 1862, under age. 
Frost, Edward. Fort Tyler. 

Frost, Captain Frank A. Fort Tyler. 

Fulghum, John M. E-41 Ga.; March 5, 1862. 


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Fulghum, Moses. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; captured Vicksburg July 4, 1863; died Vicks¬ 
burg hospital Aug. 1, 1863. 

Fuller, Andrew Jackson (Pony). B-60 Ga. 

Fuller, Crofford. B-60 Ga. 

Fuller, Francis M. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; captured Vicksburg, Miss., July 4, 1863. 
Fuller, George W. B-60 Ga.; died Mount Jackson, Va. 

Fuller, Green. B-60 Ga.; Sergeant; wounded Spottsylvania. 

Fuller, Captain John. B-60 Ga.; entered as Sergeant. 

Fuller, James D. B-60 Ga. 

Gaffney, James. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; captured Fishers Hill Sept. 22, 1864. 

Gaffney, Thomas. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; killed Gettysburg July 1 , 1863. 

Gallegher, John. Fort Tyler. 

Garrett, George W. F-21 Ga.; March 4, 1862; wounded Second Manassas and died of 
wounds. 

Garrett, T. R. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; killed Second Manassas. 

Gates, Benjamin. B-60 Ga.; Sergeant. 

Gates, Hull. B-60 Ga. 

Gates, James R. Fort Tyler. 

Gay, C. E. B-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; wounded April 26, 1864. 

Gay, John T. B-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; 2nd Lieutenant 1862; wounded Sharpsburg; 1st 
Lieutenant 1862; wounded Fort Steadman March 25, 1865; died Richmond, Va. 
Gibson, Allen C. B-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; 2nd Lieutenant; 1st Lieutenant 1862; Captain 
1862; captured Spottsylvania. 

Gibson, Abel T. B-4 Ga.; June 4, 1861; Corporal; killed near Washington July 12, 1864. 
Gibson, James O. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; died Chattanooga disease April 9, 1862. 
Gibson, Osborn. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; wounded shoulder May 25, 1864; furlough 
June 7, 1864. 

Gibson, Thaddeus. B-4 Ga.; June 4, 1861; killed Gettysburg July 3, 1863. 

Gilbert, Thomas J. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; wounded Vicksburg July 4, 1863; lost arm 
at Peachtree Creek, Ga., July 22, 1864; discharged 1864. 

Gilbert, William A. D-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; transferred to Medical Department. 

Gilbert, William F. B-60 Ga.; color bearer; wounded. 

Gilham, Thomas. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861. 

Gill, G. N. H-8 Ala.; wounded June —, 1864. 

Gillam, Thomas. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Gillam, Wiley. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Glanton, E. A. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; died Sulphur Springs Nov. 8, 1861, disease. 
Glanton, Luke. G-6 Ark.; died disease Jan. —, 1863. 

Glanton, William. B-60 Ga. 

Glaze, George. B-60 Ga.; killed Fredericksburg. 

Glaze, G. W. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; captured Gettysburg July 4, 1863; died small pox 
at Fort Delaware prison Oct. 20, 1863. 

Glenn, G. W. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; wounded Second Manassas; enrolling officer in 
Heard County. 

Godfrey, D. T. K-5 5 Ga.; May —, 1862; died Oct. —, 1863. 

Goger, Thomas. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; killed Second Manassas. 

Goodlow, William. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Gore, Frank. B-60 Ga. 


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Gorham, Henry. B-60 Ga. 

Gorham, William. B-60 Ga.; red headed. 

Goss, B. F. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; wounded Plymouth, N. C. 

Goss, William Henry. F-21 Ga.; March 4, 1862. 

Grace, Charles D. B-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; Sergeant; with eight men captured 125 cavalry 
at Chancellorsville 1862. 

Grace, D. D-13 Ga.; 1862. 

Grady, Andrew J. E-41 Ga.; Corporal, March 4, 1862; Sergeant, Oct. 8, 1862; wounded 
and captured at Vicksburg July 4, 1863; hospital Charlotte, N. C., Feb. 24, 1865. 
Graham, M. J. D-13 Ga.; wounded in shoulder. 

Gray, J. H. C-37 Ga. 

Gray, Russell. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; died Phatts Farm, Va., April 29, 1863. 

Gray, W. Herhan. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; Corporal; captured Spottsylvania May 12, 1864. 
Green, J. H. G-l Ga.; May —, 1864. 

Green, Joseph. K-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; Sergeant. 

Green, Thomas. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; killed Second Manassas. 

Greene, Charles R. B-60 Ga.; wounded Fredericksburg Dec. —, 1862. 

Greene, Hamilton. Fort Tyler. 

Greene, John Charles. B-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; wounded and died in prison Feb. 6, 1863; 

buried in Arlington. 

Greene, Judson. Fort Tyler. 

Greene, Lucius Sanford. Myrick Battery; died April 11, 1862. 

Greene, Luke O. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Greene, William H. B-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; discharged Aug. 24, 1861; E-41 Ga., March 
4, 1862; discharged 1862, health. 

Greer, Bub. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Greer, James LaFayette. D-4 Ga.; Corporal, June 26, 1861; Sergeant, 1861; 1st Sergeant, 
1862; 2nd Lieutenant, 1863; wounded and captured Spottsylvania. 

Greer, James T. D-4 Ga.; June —, 1861; wounded and discharged Wilderness, 1864. 
Greer, Leonard. B-37 Ga.; Fort Tyler. 

Greer, Presley. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Greer, Thomas W. D-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; lost arm Wilderness, Va. 

Greer, Young. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Gresham, Thomas. K-13 Ga.; July 10, 1861; captured Spottsylvania May 12, 1864. 
Gresham, William. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; died White Sulphur Springs Nov. 7, 1861, 
disease. 

Griffin, Charles H. B-4 Ga.; Feb. 16, 1864; lost arm Wilderness May 5, 1864. 

Griggs, Augustus F. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862. 

Griggs, Andrew Jackson. B-60 Ga.; wounded Wilderness May 5, 1864. 

Griggs, E. Y. B-4 Ga.; June 4, 1861; discharged May 6, 1862. 

Griggs, Gus. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Griggs, J. W. Fort Tyler. 

Griggs, Marshall J. D-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; discharged 1862. 

Haines, Jake. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Haines, W. Wm. D-4 Ga.; June 21, 1861. 

Hainsworth, Henry. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; wounded Second Manassas. 

Hairston, Osborn. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Hairston, Samuel. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861. 


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Hale, John. B-60 Ga.; died during the war. 

Hale, William C. B-60 Ga. 

Hall, Dock. D-4 Ga.; June 21, 1861; wounded and discharged. 

Hall, J. B. D-4 Ga.; May —, 1862. 

Hall, John H. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; captured Macon, Ga., April 20, 186J. 

Hall, L. J. C-Ferrell Battery; leg disabled Nov. 16, 1864. 

Hall, Pleasant. B-60 Ga. 

Hames, Ellis. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Hames, Hiram. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Hamer, J. T. H-54 Ga.; 1862. 

Hamilton, T. F. K-13 Ga.; March 10, 1863; lost leg Fredericksburg April 26, 1863. 
Hamlet, G. R. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; died. 

Hamlin, Robert. C-Ferrell Battery; killed Fort Tyler April 16, 1865. 

Hammett, James D. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; wounded Perryville, Ky., Oct. 8, 1862; 
transferred to Pioneers Dec. 3 1, 1863. 

Hammett, John R. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; wounded Perryville Oct. 8, 1862; died 
disease contracted in service, 1863. 

Hammond, Archibald. E-41 Ga.; A. W. O. L. May 17, 1863, to Dec. 21, 1863. 
Hammond, J. L. A-l Ga.; April —, 1861. 

Hammond, W. T. D-4 Ga.; June 21, 1861; killed Wilderness, Va., May 5, 1864. 

Hanner, J. T. H-54 Ga.; lost eye June —, 1864. 

Haralson, Jesse B. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; 2nd Lieutenant, 1863; wounded in several 
battles. 

Haralson, Kinchen L. K-13 Ga.; May 8, 1862; wounded Spottsylvania May 12, 1864. 
Haralson, T. S. E. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; wounded Richmond; transferred Ferrell Battery. 
Haralson, Wesley. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Harbuck, Jesse W. E-41 Ga.; Oct. 24, 1862; A. W. O. L. Sept. 18, 1863, to Dec. 31, 

1863. 

Harden, Richard C. D-4 Ga.; June 21, 1861; died Portsmouth, Va., Dec. 15, 1861. 

Hardy, B. F. K-13 Ga.; March 25, 1862. 

Hardy, E. A. K-13 Ga.; May 1, 1862; captured Burkesville, Va., April 6, 1865. 

Hardy, James D. B-60 Ga. 

Hardy, James Calvin. B-60 Ga. 

Hardy, John. B-60 Ga.; killed in action. 

Hardy, M. F. B-60 Ga.; May —, 1862; killed Monocacy, Md., July —, 1862. 

Hardy, Richard. B-60 Ga.; killed in action. 

Hardy, Thomas. B-60 Ga.; 1st Sergeant; killed at Petersburg. 

Hardy, W. H. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; 2nd Corporal; captured Spottsylvania May 12, 

1864. 

Harkness, James. D-4 Ga.; June 21, 1861; killed Sharpsburg, Md., Sept 17, 1862. 
Harper, Benjamin. F-21 Ga.; March 14, 1862; fate unknown. 

Harper, Samuel. F-21 Ga.; March 14, 1862; detailed to Pioneers, 1863. 

Harper, Winston. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861. 

Harrell, Samuel. D-4 Ga.; June —, 1861; lost arm Gettysburg. 

Harris, Absalom. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; paroled Shepherdstown, Md., Sept. 29, 1862. 
Harris, Henry. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; 5th Sergeant; captured Monocacy July 10, 1864. 
Harris, James. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Harris, Leroy M. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; captured Egypt Station, Miss., Dec. 28, 1864. 


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Hart, John. Organization not known. 

Hart, Thomas. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; died Richmond hospital Jan. 5, 1862. 

Hartman, Lewis. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Harwell, James R. D-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; detailed to 4th Regiment Band. 

Harwell, W. A. D-4 Ga.; May 12, 1861; detailed to 4th Regiment Band. 

Hasty, T. J. C-6 Ala. 

Hay, Littleton. E-37 Ga.; 1863. 

Haynes, Albert W. C-Ferrell Battery; May —, 1862. 

Hays, Samuel. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Hays, William. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Hays, William B. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; discharged under age and size. 

Heard, C. M. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; 2nd Lieutenant July 8, 1862; 1st Lieutenant Dec. 
13, 1862; resigned June 10, 1863; disability. 

Heard, J. R. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; Adjutant 13th Regiment Sept. 17, 1862; killed at 
Shepherdstown ford Sept. 19, 1864. 

Heard, Henry T. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1863; Assistant Surgeon April 4, 1863. 

Heard, P. N. D-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861. 

Hearn, C. C. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Hearn, James L. C-Ferrell Battery; April —, 1862; died in prison Feb. —, 1865. 

Hedden, William E. E-41 Ga.; May 10, 1863. 

Heinebaugh, Peter. Fort Tyler. 

Henderson, Edward M. F-21 Ga.; O. Sergeant July 9, 1861; 2nd Lieutenant Dec. 3, 1861; 
1st Lieutenant Feb. 12, 1863; Captain May 8, 1863; wounded Winchester on Sept. 19, 
1864. 

Henderson, H. J. F-21 Ga.; May 1, 1862; wounded Richmond, Va. 

Henderson, Thomas. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; discharged. 

Henderson, William C. 1st Lieutenant, Ferrell Battery, at Fort Tyler. 

Hendon, F. R. B-13 Ga. 

Herndon, Coon. C-Ferrell Battery; wounded at Shiloh. 

Herndon, Benjamin H. Fort Tyler. 

Herring, Alexander H. (Nip). B-4 Ga.; Corporal April 26, 1861; Hospital Steward. 
Herring, Henry E. (Spank). B-4 Ga.; Corporal April 26, 1861. 

Heyman, Isaac. D-4 Ga.; Corporal April 26, 1861; wounded Malvern Hill, disabled; trans¬ 
ferred to Quartermaster Department. 

Hicks, Simeon. B-60 Ga. 

Hicks, W. J. D-35 Ga.; 1864. 

Higginbothem, John T. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; wounded 2nd Manassas and Cedar Creek, 
Va.; arm disabled. 

Higginbothem, William B. K-60 Ala.; 2nd Sergeant. 

Hightower, E. W. K-13 Ga.; Corporal July 8, 1861; Sergeant. 

Hightower, H. J. K-5 Ga. 

Hill, Aaron. B-60 Ga.; died at Lynchburg, Va. 

Hill, Abraham C. G-lst Cavalry Ky.; 1864. 

Hill, Edward. Fort Tyler. 

Hill, J. D. K-13 Ga.; 2nd Lieutenant July 8, 1861; Adjutant 13th Regiment July 8, 
1861; killed Sharpsburg, Md., Sept. 17, 1862. 

Hill, James M. D-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; drummer; killed Petersburg, Va., 1865. 

Hill, Joseph N. B-4 Ga.; Corporal April 26, 1861; killed Fredericksburg Dec. 13, 1862. 


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Hill, John T. D-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; promoted Sergeant-Major. 

Hill, Mark A. D-4 Ga.; May 12, 1862; killed Kings Schoolhouse, the first death. 

Hill, Captain Miles H. B-4 Ga.; 1st Lieutenant April 26, 1861; Captain May —, 1862; 
resigned Dec. —, 1862. 

Hill, Wade. D-4 Ga.; 2nd Lieutenant April 26, 1861; 1st Lieutenant May 8, 1861; re¬ 
signed May —, 1862; joined an Alabama regiment. 

Hill, William H. D-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; captured Spottsylvania May 10, 1864. 

Hines, E. T. K-13 Ga.; March 1, 1862; mortally wounded and captured Monocacy Sept. 
9, 1864. 

Hines, Presley R. A-37 Ga.; 1864; died fever Feb. —, 1865. 

Hipp, W. J. F-44 S. C.; lost arm at Fraziers Farm June 29 , 1862. 

Hodnett, George T. K-13 Ga.; Feb. 28, 1863; died Hamilton Crossing April 8, 1863. 
Hodnett, H. H. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; wounded Monocacy July 9 , 1864; died July 12, 
1864. 

Hodnett, J. M. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; died in hospital. 

Hodnett, J. W. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; wounded Perryville Oct. 8, 1862; furloughed 
home Nov. 30, 1862. 

Hodnett, Samuel. K-13 Ga.; May 1, 1862. 

Hodnett, T. J. K-13 Ga.; May 1, 1862. 

Hodnett, W. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; died. 

Hodnett, W. H. H. K-13 Ga.; Nov. 18, 1862; wounded. 

Hogan, William. B-4 Ga.; June 4, 1861. 

Hogue, H. H. D-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; wounded Seven Pines and discharged. 

Holliday, Z. A. D-66 Ga. 

Holloway, Cephus. E-41 Ga.; May 15, 1862; died Tupelo, Miss., June 26, 1862. 

Holloway, Hillary M. E-41 Ga.; Corporal, June 4, 1862; captured Vicksburg, Miss., July 
4, 1863; died in Atlanta in 1864. 

Holloway, R. B. G -9 Ga.; arm disabled Gettysburg July 3, 1863. 

Holmes, William V. D-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; discharged Camp Jackson 1862. 

Hopson, Francis G. B-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; killed Chancellorsville, Va. 

Hopson, Pearson Lee. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861. 

Hopson, R. L. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; wounded and disabled; enrolling duty in Troup 
County Feb. 28, 1865. 

Hopson, William B. B-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; discharged Aug. 14, 1861. 

Horn, J. R. B-2 Ga. 

Horsley, Joseph S. F-21 Ga.; Corporal, July 9, 1861; wounded Cold Harbor 1862; Sergeant, 
1863; wounded Snickers Gap; O. Sergeant, 1864; wounded and captured Winchester. 
Horsley, Robert G. F-21 Ga.; March 4, 1864. 

Horsley, William H. H. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; wounded Winchester, Richmond and 
Cedar Mountain, Va. 

House, John W. E-41 Ga.; May 15, 1862. 

Houston, James. Glenn’s Squadron; died fever Oct. 8, 1864. 

Howell, D. R. C-l Ga.; 1863. 

Howell, D. W. C-Ferrell Battery; lost a leg. 

Howell, N. W. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; furlough to Troup County Feb. 28, 1865. 
Hudson, Asa. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Hudson, Henry Clay. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Hudson, Richard. C-Ferrell Battery. 


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Hudson, Roland. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Hudson, Turner. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Huguley, Captain George W. K-60 Ala.; promoted to Colonel. 

Hulbert, William W. D-4 Ga.; Corporal, April 26, 1861; O. Sergeant, April 28, 1862; 

2nd Lieutenant, July 15, 1862; 1st Lieutenant, 1863; captured Spottsylvania. 
Humber, Robert C. B-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; 2nd Lieutenant, Oct. 16, 1861; resigned 
April —, 1862. 

Humphries, John. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; died at home during service. 

Humphries, J. H. E-l Ga.; 1864; reserves. 

Hunt, Henry. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; discharged. 

Hunter, Abel Blakely. B-60 Ga. 

Hunter, Absalom. B-37 Ga.; Fort Tyler. 

Hunter, James David. B-60 Ga.; wounded Spottsylvania and Monocacy; arm disabled July 
9, 1864. 

Hunter, John T. B-37 Ga.; Fort Tyler. 

Hunter, W. A. B-60 Ga. 

Hunter, W. B. F-5 Ga. 

Hurst, Dr. H. E. D-4 Ga.; June 21, 1861; transferred to Medical Department 1861. 
Hurst, Marshall. D-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; fifer; transferred Ala. Regiment Dec. 1, 1862. 
Huson, Charles W. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; discharged Tupelo, Miss., June 9, 1862. 
Hutchins, William H. B-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; died in service 1862. 

Ingram, Samuel. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; killed Sharpsburg, Md. 

Ingram, William. B-60 Ga.; killed Cedar Creek. 

Jackson, Enoch. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; killed Wilderness, Va., May 5, 1864. 

Jackson, Jeremiah H. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; died Columbus, Miss., May 3, 1862. 

Jackson, Robert H. B-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; discharged Nov. 14, 1861. 

Jackson, Robert M. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Jackson, T. H. H-15 Ga. 

Jackson, W. L. K-13 Ga.; killed. 

James, Dr.-. C-Ferrell Battery. 

James, Lee L. D-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; killed Sharpsburg, Md., Sept. 17, 1862. 

James, W. A. K-13 Ga.; Sept. 3, 1861; killed Wilderness, Va., May 3, 1864. 

James, Warren F. D-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; Corporal, April, 1862; killed Wilderness, Va. 
Jennings, Allen. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Jennings, William. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Johns, William. B-60 Ga.; wounded; teacher. 

Johnsey, J. H. B-9 Ga.; 

Johnson, A. A. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861. 

Johnson, Brice C. F-21 Ga.; April 1, 1863. 

Johnson, Dawson. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Johnson, Erastus T. F. B-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; O. Sergeant, June 15, 1861; killed at 
Wilderness, Va., May 5, 1864. 

Johnson, Fletcher. B-4 Ga.; June 15, 1861; killed Wilderness, Va., May 5, 1864. 

Johnson, Jack. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Johnson, James T. Fort Tyler. 

Johnson, Jeptha. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861. 

Johnson, Jesse P. D-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; killed Chancellorsville, Va., May 2, 1863. 
Johnson, Samuel. C-Ferrell Battery. 


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Johnson, Thomas. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861. 

Johnson, Thomas. B-60 Ga. 

Johnson, Thomas W. D-4 Ga.; May 12, 1862; commanded remnant at surrender. 

Johnson, William. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Johnson, William B. E-41 Ga.; Corporal, March 4, 1862; 2nd Lieutenant, July 3, 1862; 

Captain of C-41 Ga., March 28, 1864; wounded Rocky Face Feb. 25, 1864. 

Johnston, J. L. B-6 Ala.; April —, 1861. 

Johnston, John W. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; wounded. 

Johnston, S. J. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; discharged for disability. 

Jones, Brooks. B-60 Ga. 

Jones, C. C. Fort Tyler. 

Jones, D. A. H-4 Ga.; Oct. —, 1861. 

Jones, George. B-60 Ga. 

Jones, George W. B-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; discharged Nov. 14, 1861; reenlisted Sept. 25, 
1862. 

Jones, Henry. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Jones, James F. F-41 Ga.; March —, 1862. 

Jones, James H. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; killed Perryville, Ky., Oct. 8, 1862. 

Jones, James J. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; deserted Tupelo, Miss., June 20, 1862. 

Jones, John A. B-4 Ga.; June 4, 1861; killed Spottsylvania May 12, 1864. 

Jones, J. J. C-19 Ga.; May 19, 1861. 

Jones, John M. B-4 Ga.; Corporal, June 15, 1861; killed Spottsylvania May 12, 1864. 
Jones, J. T. K-13 Ga.; Jan. 10, 1862; wounded and captured July 30, 1863; U. S. hospital 
Winchester in 1863; wounded Feb. 28, 1865. 

Jones, Reuben. K-13 Ga.; Sept. 3, 1861; wounded and captured Wilderness, Va., May J, 
1864. 

Jones, Robert. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Jones, Tam. B-60 Ga.; Sergeant; killed. 

Jones, Captain Waters Burras. B-60 Ga.; wounded Winchester May 5, 1864; Colonel 60th 
Regiment. 

Jones, William H. C. B-60 Ga.; foot disabled Sept. 19, 1864. 

Jones, William M. K-13 Ga.; Corporal, July 8, 1861; captured South Mountain July 4, 
1863; died pyaemia at Petersburg, Va., Sept. 17, 1863. 

Kelly, John A. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862. 

Kent, H. M. A-13 Ga.; March —, 1862. 

Kidd, Divany A. K-13 Ga.; 1st Lieutenant, July 8, 1861; Captain, Dec. 13, 1862; killed 
at Fort Steadman March 25, 1865. 

Kidd, Julius A. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; discharged Oct. 6,. 1861; reenlisted Jan. 10, 18(2. 
Kidd, John T. B-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861. 

Kinney, T. J. D-13 Ga.; May —, 1862. 

Knight, C. B. 1-41 Ga. 

Knight, N. E. D-3 5 Ga.; 1862. 

Kirkland, William. A-37 Ga.; March —, 1862; killed near Atlanta Aug. —, 1864. 
Lambert, A. W. Cooper Co.-37 Ga.; 1864. 

Lambert, T. C. D-3 Cavalry Ga.; April —, 1864. 

Lancaster, John S. W. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; Corporal, Nov. —, 1863; wounded Perry¬ 
ville on Oct. 8, 1862; transferred to A-lOth Cavalry Dec. 15, 1863. 

Landrum, John T. B-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; discharged Nov. 14, 1861. 


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Landrum, Robert W. B-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; killed Wilderness, Va., May 5, 1864. 
Lane, Alexander. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Lane, G. N. E-41 Ga.; 1864; died wounds July —, 1864. 

Lane, Hiram. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Lane, J. A. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; discharged and furnished substitute; killed in railroad 
accident. 

Lane, Levin A. D-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; discharged Camp Jackson July —, 1861. 
Langford, A. B. C-l Ga.; July —, 1863. 

Langford, R. G. K-13 Ga.; May 1, 1862. 

Langford, W. F. K-13 Ga.; March 1, 1864; wounded and captured Monocacy, Md., July 
9, 1864; on wounded furlough Feb. 28, 1865. 

Langford, W. L. K-13 Ga.; Feb. 23, 1863; A. W. O. L. Feb. 28, 1865. 

Lanier, Cam. Fort Tyler. 

Lanier, James J. F-21 Ga.; Feb. 28, 1862; wounded Second Manassas. 

Lanier, Reuben P. D-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; wounded Chancellorsville May —, 1863; 
detailed to Quartermaster Department. 

Lanier, William H. D-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; 2nd Lieutenant, May 9, 1861; resigned on 
May —, 1862; killed near Macon, Ga., July 30, 1864. 

Lassiter, J. H. B-7 Ga.; 1861. 

Law, Charles H. B-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; 1st Lieutenant and Aid-de-camp promotion. 
Law, Josiah H. B-4 Ga.; June 4, 1861; killed Gettysburg July 3, 1864. 

Lawrence, Harvey. K-43 Ga.; March —, 1861; died in hospital Sept. —, 1864. 

Lay, Littleton. K-37 Ga.; 1863. 

Leonard, Joseph U. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; 2nd Lieutenant, July 3, 1862; Captain, Oct. 

8, 1862; captured Vicksburg, Miss., July 7, 1863. 

Leslie, Robert. K-13 Ga.; Sergeant, July 8, 1861; wounded and discharged Richmond on 
July 16, 1862, for disability. 

Leslie, William P. E-41 Ga.; Corporal, March 4, 1862; O. Sergeant, Oct. 5, 1862; 2nd 
Lieutenant of 40th Battalion; wounded Perryville, Ky., Oct. 8, 1862. 

Leverette, Gideon. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Likens, Rufus G. B-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861. 

Little, Charles O. D-4 Ga.; July 21, 1861; promoted to 4th Sergeant. 

Loflin, E. M. E-41 Ga.; lost arm Aug. —, 1864. 

Long, Jacob. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; wounded Perryville Oct. 8, 1862; furloughed 
Nov. 30, 1862. 

Long, Captain James A. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; Major, 13th Regiment Dec. 13, 1862; 

wounded, disabled and resigned March 1, 1864. 

Lord, W. R. C-Cobbs Legion; July —, 1861. 

Lovelace, Benjamin. D-4 Ga.; July 21, 1861; killed Sharpsburg, Md. 

Lovelace, James L. D-4 Ga.; May 12, 1862; killed Sharpsburg, Md. 

Lovelace, John F. D-4 Ga.; July 21, 1861; killed Chancellorsville, Va. 

Lovelace, L. T. C. D-4 Ga.; Aug. 10, 1861; wounded Wilderness May 5, 1864; arm dis¬ 
abled. 

Lovelace, Samuel L. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; died Bethel Springs, Tenn., April 24, 1862. 
Lovett, William M. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; wounded Perryville, Ky., Oct. 8, 1862; 

captured Vicksburg, Miss., July 4, 1863. 

Loyd, Alexander E. D-4 Ga.; Corporal; detailed to Richmond hospital. 

Loyd, F. S. K-13 Ga.; Sept. 10, 1861; wounded 1865. 


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Lyons, George C. D-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; wounded and transferred to Navy 1863. 
McAllister, Pink. B-60 Ga.; killed at Richmond, Va. 

McAndrews, E. A. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; died disease at Richmond Sept. 26, 1863. 
McCaine, M. W. B-6 Ala.; 1861. 

McCants, James J. D-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861. 

McCants, Robert G. Fort Tyler. 

McCauley, William. B-60 Ga.; killed. 

McClure, Henry J. F-21 Ga.; Feb. 20, 1864. 

McCormick, William. D-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; captured at Wilderness, Va. 

McCosh, James E. E-41 Ga.; Corporal, March 4, 1862; discharged T. B. June 4, 1862. 
McCoy, Cub. C-Ferrell Battery. 

McCoy, Edward. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; deserted Mobile July 25, 1862. 

McCoy, William C. D-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; wounded near Richmond and died. 
McCurry, John. B-60 Ga. 

McCurry, J. A. E-46 Ga.; March —, 1862. 

McCutcheon, C. B-60 Ga.; killed at Spottsylvania. 

McCutcheon, Cicero. C-Ferrell Battery. 

McCutcheon, Martin V. D-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; captured Fishers Hill, Va. 

McDaniel, J. W. K-60 Ala. 

McDonald, J. A. K-30 Ga.; Sept. —, 1861. 

McDonald, Robert. B-60 Ga. 

McDonough, John. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861. 

McDonough, William B. F-21 Ga.; Feb. 15, 1862. 

McFarlane, Charles H. K-3 5 Ga.; July —, 1861. 

McFarlin, R. Scott. B-60 Ga. 

McGee, George W. B-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861. 

McGee, James A. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; died Vicksburg, Miss., June —, 1863. 

McGee, John M. B-4 Ga.; June 4, 1861. 

McGee, John. B-60 Ga.; Lieutenant; Captain; wounded Winchester May 5, 1864. 

McGee, Mack. B-60 Ga. 

McGee, Thomas. B-60 Ga. 

McGee, Thomas W. B-4 Ga.; June 4, 1861; transferred to 4th Ga. Battalion. 

McGonigal, Rufus L. D-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; discharged Aug. 10, 1861; Captain Ala. Co. 
McKemie, Robert J. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; wounded Perryville Oct. 8, 1862; captured 
at Macon, Ga., April 10, 1865. 

McKey, William. B-60 Ga.; killed at Spottsylvania. 

McKinley, William. B-60 Ga. 

McLain, James M. F-21 Ga.; May 15, 1862; transferred to hospital duty Feb. 17, 1863. 

McLain, Samuel J. F-21 Ga.; Corporal, July 9, 1861; Sergeant, Dec. 3, 1861; died in camp. 

McLain, William H. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; killed at Winchester, Va. 

McMillan, Daniel. C-Ferrell Battery; 1st Surgeon. 

McMillan, E. T. D-4 Ga.; June 8, 1862; killed at Winchester, Va. 

McMillan, John F. D-4 Ga.; May 15, 1862; discharged June 10, 1862. 

McMillan, Little B. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; died Lauderdale Springs May 7, 1862, disease. 
McMillan, N. H. K-13 Ga.; May 10, 1862; captured Winchester, Va., Sept. 19, 1864. 
McWaters, Francis M. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; Sergeant, July 13, 1862; wounded and 
died of gangrene at Vineville, Ga., Oct. 27, 1864. 

McWaters, Benjamin F. E-41 Ga.; Dec. 1, 1862. 


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Maffett, Joseph R. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; died Augusta, Ga., May 29, 1862, hospital. 
Maffett, Oliver S. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; died disease Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 31, 1862. 
Maffett, Thomas P. B-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; transferred to Signal Corps Nov. I, 1862. 
Mallory, Jasper. B-60 Ga. 

Mallory, John D. B-60 Ga. 

Mallory, William. B-60 Ga.; killed at first Fredericksburg. 

Mann, John. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Manning, James. F-21 Ga.; March 9, 1862; wounded Snickers Gap July —, 1864; died at 
home. 

Marable, George S. D-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; O. Sergeant; captured near Washington, 1864. 
Marchman, George Pinckney. C-l Res. Ga.; killed Fort Tyler April 16, 1863. 
Marchman, W. M. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861. 

Market, Patrick H. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; wounded Snickers Gap and several other 
battles; leg disabled July 18, 1864. 

Marsh, Dock. B-60 Ga.; killed at Monocacy, Md. 

Marsh, Thomas. B-60 Ga. 

Martin, John H. D-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; wounded Sharpsburg; died Richmond from 
wound. 

Martin, William G. S. E-19 Ga.; wounded Chancellorsville May —, 1863. 

Mathews, J. M. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; deserted Dec. 9, 1864. 

Mathews, John. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861. 

Mathews, James W. E-l Ga.; 1864. 

Mathews, John J. D-4 Ga.; Captain, April 26, 1861; Lieutenant-Colonel, 4th Ga., May 
8, 1861; resigned May 8, 1862, health. 

Mehlinger, Mayer. B-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861. 

Melton, A. A. E-28 Ga.; 1862. 

Merritt, James D. D-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; discharged June 1, 1861. 

Mertz, Lewis. D-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; killed at Sharpsburg, Md. 

Middlebrooks, Wiley J. B-60 Ga.; Sept. —, 1862; killed Winchester, Va., Sept. 22, 1864. 
Miller, Francis T. B-4 Ga.; July 30, 1861; killed Snickers Gap July 18, 1864. 

Miller, John W. D-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; Sergeant; discharged and joined cavalry. 
Miller, Palmer L. B-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; promoted Brigade Quartermaster Sergeant. 
Mitcham, E. J. D-4 Ga.; July 21, 1861; wounded and captured. 

Mitcham, Joseph T. D-4 Ga.; July 21, 1861; died fever Portsmouth Aug. 8, 1862. 
Mobley, Leonard. B-60 Ga.; wounded. 

Mobley, J. M. F-37 Ga. 

Mobley, Washington. B-60 Ga. 

Mobley, Wiley. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; fate unknown. 

Mobley, William. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; fate unknown. 

Moncrief, W. R. B-l Cavalry Ga.; June 29, 1862. 

Montgomery, Charles. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Montgomery, James. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Montgomery, Joseph. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Montgomery, William. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Moody, Jesse. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Moore, C. B. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; wounded at Richmond, Va. 

Moore, Henry. C-Ferrell Battery; killed Fort Tyler April 16, 1863. 

Moore, John A. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; discharged Tupelo, Miss., May 13, 1862. 


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Moore, John G. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; wounded Perryville Oct. 8, 1862; died fever 
at Vicksburg, Miss., June 29, 1863. 

Moore, Richard. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; captured. 

Moore, Samuel. B-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; wounded Sharpsburg, Md., July 1, 1862. 

Moore, Thomas R. B-4 Ga.; June 4, 1861; discharged Aug. 21, 1861. 

Moore, Watson N. B-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; killed Malvern Hill, Va. 

Moore, William (Guinea). B-60 Ga. 

Moore, William. B-37 Ga.; at Fort Tyler. 

Mooty, J. Payne. B-4 Ga.; June 4, 1861; discharged Sept. 7, 1861. 

Mooty, Nathan A. B-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; O. Sergeant; wounded Fort Steadman March 
25, 1865. 

Mooty, W. Y. Ringer Co.-37 Ga.; July —, 1863. 

Morgan, Charles S. B-4 Ga.; June 4, 1861; killed Williamsport, Md., July 6, 1863. 

Morgan, J. Brown. B-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; 2nd Lieutenant; Commissary 4th Regiment 

May 9, 1861. 

Morris, James T. D-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; Sergeant; wounded Chancellorsville, Va., and 
discharged for disability. 

Morton, Samuel Adolphus. B-4 Ga.; June 4, 1861; died Norfolk, Va., Aug. 14, 1861. 
Moses, Sidney. C-Ferrell Battery; 1st Lieutenant. 

Mosley, Ulysses. D-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; discharged May 18, 1861, for disability. 

Moss, N. L. F-21 Ga.; July 8, 1861; wounded and captured Gettysburg July 2, 1863; 
died near Gettysburg July 27, 1863. 

Moss, Nathaniel S. B-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; killed Gettysburg July 3, 1863. 

Motley, George. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Motley, John. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Motley, Monk. C-Ferrell Battery; killed. 

Mullinax, L. D. C-Ferrell Battery; deserted. 

Murphy, H. T. Wimberly Co.-9 Ga.; July —, 1864. 

Murphy, Joseph. K-27 Ga.; Sept. —, 1861; died disease Dec. —, 1864. 

Murphey, M. L. E-5 3 Ala.; 1862. 

Musick, J. M. B-7 Ga.; 1863; died in prison, Point Lookout. 

Nance, T. J. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; died in 1863. 

Nance, Z. M. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; killed at Richmond, Va., June 2, 1862. 

Neil, Hoyte. B-60 Ga. 

Newell, Benjamin. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Newell, Jack. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Newsome, James H. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; Corporal; with Company G at surrender. 
Newton, John T. Fort Tyler. 

Nichols, William M. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861. 

Nolan, John H. K-60 Ala.; Sergeant. 

Nolan, Thomas H. K-60 Ala. 

Norman, James A. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; died in hospital, 1863. 

Norwood, James A. B-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; 2nd Lieutenant, 1862; resigned Dec. 12, 1862. 
Norwood, William B. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; killed Spottsylvania June 18, 1864. 

Odom, H. C. Blounts Cavalry; April —, 1864. 

Ogletree, W. D. K-14 Ala.; 1861. 

Oliver, Joseph. B-60 Ga. 

Oliver, Thomas. B-60 Ga.; wounded at Huguenot Springs; died in Washington. 


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225 


O’Malie, James. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; wounded and furloughed for wound Feb. 28, 
1865. 

O’Neal, Augustus. B-60 Ga. 

O’Neal, James. B-60 Ga. 

O’Neal, James R. C-Blounts Cavalry. 

O’Neal, Ransome. B-60 Ga.; killed at Winchester, Va., June 13, 1863. 

O’Neal, Thomas. B-60 Ga. 

O’Neal, W. H. C. (Jack). B-60 Ga. 

Orrick, Frank. B-37 Ga.; April —, 1864; at Fort Tyler. 

Orrick, Leroy. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; captured Vicksburg July 4, 1863; transferred 
H-l Ga., 1863. 

Osburn, Buck. C-Ferrell Battery; Lieutenant. 

Oslin, Isaac J. E-41 Ga.; March 15, 1862; Corporal; transferred to B-40th Battalion, Ga. 
Owens, D. L. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; 2nd Lieutenant, June 10, 1863; captured Spottsyl- 
vania on May 12, 1864. 

Owens, J. W. K-13 Ga.; Sergeant, July 8, 1861; wounded Deep Bottom, Va., Aug. 16, 
1864; discharged for disability Jan. 3, 1865. 

Owens, J. G. 1-41 Ga.; 1862. 

Owens, J. W. 1-13 Ala. 

Owens, Willis D. K-13 Ga.; March 1, 1862; discharged for disability July 31, 1862. 
Page, W. D. B-7 Ark.; wounded Chickamauga Sept. —, 1863. 

Palmer, A. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; died Blue Sulphur Springs, Va., Oct. 23, 1861. 
Parham, Captain R. T. B. Fort Tyler. 

Parker, J. Isham. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; died Orange Courthouse, Va., 1862. 

Parker, James M. D-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; discharged Aug. 4, 1862; joined Ala. company. 
Parker, Thomas. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; wounded Harpers Ferry, Va. 

Parker, William H. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861. 

Parks, A. R. K-13 Ga.; March 28, 1862; captured Gettysburg July 3, 1863; died Fort 
Delaware of smallpox Oct. 28, 1863. 

Parks, G. A. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; killed near Richmond, Va. 

Parks, John P. D-4 Ga.; July 21, 1861; died near Petersburg, Va., July 30, 1862. 
Partridge, Henry T. F-21 Ga.; died in Virginia in service. 

Partridge, J. T. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; wounded Drewrys Bluff, Va. 

Partridge, Lewis. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861. 

Paschal, Isham J. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862. 

Paschal, Samuel. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; died Brookville, Miss., June 27, 1862. 

Patent, J. W. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; died Richmond hospital 1863. 

Patillo, James. G-9 Ga.; July 22, 1864. 

Patterson, J. J. C-2 Ga.; June —, 1861; hip disabled. 

Patton, James. D-4 Ga.; May 12, 1862; killed Chancellorsville, Va., May 2, 1863. 

Patton, Moses S. D-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; killed Kings Schoolhouse June 25, 1862. 

Payne, Henry. K-13 Ga.; March 10, 1863; captured Spottsylvania May 12, 1864. 

Peck, J. S. D-4 Ga.; Sept. —, 1864. 

Perdue, M. M. B-26 Ga.; March —, 1862. 

Perdue, William J. B-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; died in Richmond, Va., July 10, 1862. 
Perry, James O. Fort Tyler. 

Perry, William. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; killed Second Manassas. 

Perryman, Stephen C. B-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861. 


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Pharr, Samuel T. D-4 Ga.; May 12, 1861; wounded Chancellorsville; detailed to hospital. 
Phillips, George W. B-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; killed Cedar Creek, Va., Oct. 19, 1864. 
Phillips, Henry R. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; fate unknown. 

Phillips, James. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; died disease Richmond, Va., 1862. 

Phillips, John D. B-4 Ga.; June 4, 1861; Corporal. 

Phillips, J. G. K-13 Ga.; Feb. 15, 1862; captured Spottsylvania May 12, 1864. 

Phillips, S. A. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; wounded. 

Phillips, William A. B-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; killed Monocacy July 9, 1864; buried in 

Arlington. 

Phillips, William B. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; wounded Sharpsburg, Md. 

Philpot, Elijah T. E-41 Ga.; wounded Perryville, Ky., Oct. 8, 1862. 

Piper, A. D-3 Ga.; Sept. —, 1863. 

Piper, James H. B-60 Ga. 

Pittman, C. N. B-Ga. 

Pitts, John H. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; died disease Tupelo, Miss., July 10, 1862. 

Pitts, J. T. B-32 Ga. 

Pitts, Samuel. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; wounded Second Manassas. 

Poage, Babe. B-37 Ga.; at Fort Tyler. 

Poage, J. L. D-3 Ga.; April —, 1862; died disease Dec. 9, 1864. 

Poer, Benjamin G. D-4 Ga.; July 21, 1861. 

Poer, John A. D-4 Ga.; July 21, 1861; captured Hagerstown, Md.; died in Washington 
in prison; buried at Arlington. 

Porter, David A. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; killed Cross Keys, Va. 

Porter, James. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861. 

Porter, John. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861. 

Porter, J. W. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; died Blue Sulphur Springs, Va., Dec. 6, 1861. 
Porter, W. C. H-22 Ala.; feet frost bitten Dec. —, 1864. 

Powers, Jesse M. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; Corporal, Oct. 8, 1862; captured Columbia, 
S. C., Feb. 18, 1865. 

Presley, Evan A. D-4 Ga.; July 21, 1861; killed Chancellorsville, Va., May 21, 1863. 
Presley, J. T. A-46 Ga. 

Prophett, John R. E-41 Ga.; Aug. 9, 1862; lost finger May —, 1864. 

Prophett, Pope. B-60 Ga. 

Pyron, James A. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; killed Bakers Creek, Miss., May 16, 1863. 
Radney, William A. E-41 Ga.; June 3, 1862; Sergeant, Aug. 29, 1862; captured Vicksburg 
July 4, 1863. 

Ragland, J. W. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; detailed Quartermaster Department Feb. —, 1865. 
Ramey, J. A. E-41 Ga.; to Charlotte hospital Feb. 24, 1865. 

Ramsey, Augustus. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; discharged; enlisted in Forrest’s cavalry and 
died in service. 

Ramsey, Augustus A. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; wounded and captured Perryville Oct. 
8, 1862. 

Ramsey, Clay. C-Ferrell Battery. (Probably Henry C. below.) 

Ramsey, Elbert C. B-4 Ga.; June 4, 1861; discharged Aug. 2, 1862. 

Ramsey, Henry C. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; discharged disability March —, 1862. 
Randle, James Colquitt. Wounded Charleston, S. C., Sept. 22, 1863; died Sept. 29, 1863. 
Ransome, James. B-60 Ga. 

Ransome, John. B-60 Ga.; Corporal. 


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Ransome, Jordan D. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; captured Egypt Station, Miss., Dec. 28, 
1864. 

Ransome, T. F. E-20 Ga.; arm disabled May —, 1864. 

Redding, Columbus C. E-41 Ga.; May 15, 1862; wounded Pcrryville Oct. 8, 1862; cap¬ 
tured Jan. 6, 1863; died typhoid fever at St. Louis in prison Feb. 11, 1863. 

Redding, Thomas J. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; died Lauderdale Springs, Miss., May 29, 
1862. 

Reese, Dr.-. At Fort Tyler. 

Reese, Milton E. D-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; discharged disability Aug. 10, 1861. 

Reese, W. L. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; Assistant Surgeon, 6th N. C., June 20, 1863; cap¬ 
tured Gettysburg July 3, 1863; sent to Army of Tennessee. 

Reeves, J. C. K-9 Ga.; April —, 1861. 

Reeves, U. A. H-4 Ga.; Aug. —, 1862. 

Reid, Benjamin F. D-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; discharged Aug. 26, 1861; 1st Lieutenant of 
Ala. company. 

Reid, James L. B. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; wounded Harpers Ferry, Va. 

Reid, John B. E-41 Ga.;-2nd Lieutenant, March 4, 1862; 1st Lieutenant, July 3, 1862. 
Reid, John B., Jr. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; fate unknown. 

Reid, John B., Sr. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; died in camp. 

Reid, Richard. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; wounded Fredericksburg, Va. 

Reid, Thomas B. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; died in camp in Va. 1861; first death. 

Reid, William A. B-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; killed Malvern Hill, Va., July 1, 1862. 

Reid, William R. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; discharged. 

Renfro, J. W. A-60 Ga.; May —, 1862. 

Reynolds, John L. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; wounded Chancellorsville, Va. 

Rhodes, Travis C. D-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; discharged Camp Jackson for disability. 
Richardson, Moses M. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; Corporal; wounded Perryville Oct. 8, 
1862. 

Ridgeway, L. D. K-13 Ga.; May 14, 1862; died Staunton, Va., hospital Aug. 1, 1862. 
Ridley, Charles B. E-41 Ga.; Sergeant, March 4, 1862; discharged Corinth, Miss., for dis¬ 
ability June 3, 1862. 

Ridley, J. M. K-13 Ga.; Nov. 20, 1863; transferred to Signal Corps. 

Ridley, Robert B. B-4 Ga.; June 15, 1861; 2nd Lieutenant, 1862; wounded Spottsylvania, 
Va. 

Ringer, Nicholas. E-37 Ga.; June —, 1864. 

Rivers, G. N. E-46 Ga.; March —, 1862; killed near Atlanta, Ga., Aug. —, 1864. 
Roberts, George. B-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; discharged May —, 1862. 

Roberts, J. S. or (R. S.) K-13 Ga.; Aug. 9, 1863; wounded Spottsylvania May 12, 1864; 

died from wounds May 30, 1864. 

Roberts, O. H. D-3 5 Ga.; lost arm Manassas Aug. 29, 1862. 

Roberts, Wiley P. B-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861. 

Robertson, Anthony. C-Ferrell Battery; Orderly Sergeant. 

Robertson, Benjamin. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; died in service. 

Robertson, George. B-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861. 

Robertson, William A. B-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; discharged May —, 1862. 

Robinson, Andrew J. B-4 Ga.; March 4, 1863; transferred to Phillip’s Legion; wounded 
Winchester, Va., and died from wound. 

Robinson, Davis O. D-4 Ga.; Sept. 12, 1862. 


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Robinson, James J. D-4 Ga.; July 21, 1861; lost arm Chancellorsville, Va. 

Robinson, W. S. A-2 Ga.; 1861. 

Rodgers, James. B-60 Ga. 

Rodgers, William. B-60 Ga. 

Rogers, A. J. E-41 Ga.; 1862. 

Rogers, Friend O. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; discharged Shell Mound, Tenn., Aug. 18, 
1862, for disability. 

Rogers, Joseph L. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; died in service. 

Rogers, W. S. Gibson Battery, Myrick Regiment, 1863. 

Rose, Edward. B-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861. 

Rosser, Bud. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Rowland, James. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Rowland, John. E-41 Ga.; March 10, 1863; captured Macon, Ga., April 20, 1863. 
Rowland, Littleberry B. F-21 Ga.; Feb. 23, 1862; wounded Gettysburg, Pa. 

Rowland, Samuel. B-4 Ga.; June 4, 1861; discharged June 27, 1861. 

Rowland, Samuel J. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; Sergeant, Dec. 3, 1861; Sergeant-Major, 1863; 

Ordnance Sergeant, April 20, 1864. 

Rowland, Wiley B. B-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861. 

Rowland, William Henry. F-21 Ga.; Sergeant, July 9, 1861; O. Sergeant; wounded 2nd 
Manassas. 

Ruffin, K. D. A-46 Ga. 

Russell, William H. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; discharged. 

Rutland, James. Fort Tyler. 

Rutledge, Lewis. F-21 Ga.; Feb. 23, 1862; fate unknown. 

Rutledge, J. T. G-37 Ala.; April —, 1862. 

Rutledge, William. B-60 Ga.; killed. 

Samples, J. A. F-21 Ga.; Sept. 16, 1862; discharged. 

Samples, John. B-60 Ga. 

Samples, John N. B-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; killed Wilderness, Va., May 5, 1864. 

Samples, Thomas J. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; died in camp. 

Sanders, James M. E-41 Ga.; Sergeant, March 4, 1862; captured Vicksburg, Miss., July 4, 
1863; killed at Coles Farm, N. C., March 21, 1865. 

Sanders, J. S. K-13 Ga.; Sept. 10, 1861; wounded and furloughed Feb. 28, 1865. 
Sappington, J. E. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; died Richmond hospital Dec. 25, 1862. 
Satterwhite, James E. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; wounded Perryville, Ky., Oct. 8, 1862; 

died of wounds in Troup County Dec. 23, 1862. 

Satterwhite, Stephen H. B-60 Ga.; Corporal. 

Schaefer, William. Fort Tyler. 

Schaub, J. L. B-14 N. C.; April —, 1861. 

Scott, James H. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862. 

Scott, James M. D-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; Corporal, April —•, 1862; wounded Sharpsburg 
and disabled. 

Scott, L. C. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; wounded and transferred to 5th Texas Regiment; 

wounded and absent Aug. 31, 1864. 

Sears, John. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Sears,-. B-60 Ga. 

Selig, Abraham. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; wounded Perryville Oct. 8, 1862; detailed to 
Richmond hospital; discharged for wounds Dec. 23, 1863. 


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Sharbuth, James. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; fate unknown. 

Sharp, Edwin R. D-4 Ga.; May 12, 1862; Sergeant. 

Shepherd, Robert S. B-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861. 

Shepherd, Shep. Fort Tyler. 

Shepherd, Thomas. Fort Tyler. 

Sherman, Clement B. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862. 

Simmons, A. Frank. B-60 Ga.; arm disabled Wilderness, Va., May 5, 1864. 

Simmons, William J. D-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; wounded Sharpsburg, Md.; died in Rich¬ 
mond, Va., May —, 1864. 

Simms, James A. E-41 Ga.; Aug. 29, 1862; captured West Point, Ga., April 16, 1865. 
Sims, S. D. B-3 Ga.; wounded at Atlanta, Ga., July 22, 1864. 

Sims, Robert D. B-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; discharged June 24, 1862. 

Sivells, John. B-60 Ga.; killed at Petersburg, Va. 

Sivells, Samuel. B-60 Ga.; wounded. 

Skipper, Levi. F-21 Ga.; March 4, 1864; died in service Jan. —, 1865. 

Skipper, Thomas. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861. 

Skipper, William. F-21 Ga.; March 4, 1862. 

Slaughter, Alfred S. D-4 Ga.; July 21, 1861; wounded. 

Slaughter, Thomas J. D-4 Ga.; May 12, 1862. 

Sledge, John W. K-13 Ga.; March 2 5, 1862; wounded and captured Cedar Creek, Va., 
Oct. 19, 1864; lost arm; paroled Nov. 15, 1864. 

Sledge, M. M. K-13 Ga.; Aug. 15, 1864; wounded and captured Cedar Creek, Va., Oct. 
19, 1864; exchanged Feb. 20, 1865. 

Sledge, Nathaniel H. K-13 Ga.; Sept. 10, 1861; captured Sharpsburg, Md., Sept. 17, 1862; 

paroled Sept. 22, 1862; furlough March 10, 1865. 

Sledge, Robert H. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; Charlottesville hospital June 16, 1862; wounded 
Gettysburg July 2, 1862; discharged Jan. 12, 1864, for disability. 

Sledge, Shirley. B-37 Ga.; at Fort Tyler. 

Sledge, S. N. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; Captain H-2 Ga. Cavalry, Aug. 9, 1863; Jan. 31, 
1864, mustered out and returned to K-13 Ga. 

Sloan, A. B. B-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; killed Winchester, Va., Sept. 19, 1864. 

Sloan, Lewis R. B-4 Ga.; Sept. 26, 1862; killed Winchester, Va., Sept. 19, 1864. 

Smedley, James M. C-Ferrell Battery; April —, 1862. 

Smith, Alfred H. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; transferred to F-22 Ala., Oct. 1, 1864; cap¬ 
tured near Atlanta, July 28, 1864; died in prison Feb. 5, 1865, pneumonia. 

Smith, A. W. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; captured Fishers Hill Sept. 22, 1864; exchanged 
on March 19, 1865. 

Smith, C. O. Ringer Co.-37 Ga.; 1863. 

Smith, George W. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; lost arm Strasburg, Va., June —, 1862. 

Smith, J. A. B-60 Ga. 

Smith, Jack Duffie. B-60 Ga. 

Smith, Jasper N. D-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; discharged disability Nov. 13, 1861. 

Smith, James Marion. B-60 Ga.; killed Winchester, Va., June —, 1863. 

Smith, John L. D-4 Ga.; May 12, 1862; died Staunton, Va., 1863, accidentally shot. 
Smith, John N. (Jack). B-60 Ga.; lost hand at Wilderness May 5, 1864. 

Smith, John W. Fort Tyler. 

Smith, J. J. G-37 Ga.; Feb. —, 1862. 


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Smith, Robert C. B-4 Ga.; Captain, April 26, 1861; Major, 4th Regiment; killed Sharps- 
burg, Md., Sept. 17, 1862. 

Smith, Samuel P. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862. 

Smith, Simeon. C-l Ga.; July —, 1864. 

Smith, S. J. G-2J Ala.; 1861. 

Smith, Thomas W. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; absent Atlanta Aug. 24, 1862. 

Smith, Willis. B-60 Ga. 

Smith, Wilson L. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; discharged disability July 4, 1862. 

Smith, Zachariah. B-60 Ga. 

South, Reuben. Brown’s Co.-7 Ga. 

Spalding, Col. Randolph. 29th Regiment, Ga. 

Spearman, C. R. B-Green’s Battalion; Sept. —, 1864. 

Speer, John A. B-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; discharged Nov. 14, 1861. 

Spikes, Bass. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Spurling, James A. D-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; killed Malvern Hill, Va. 

Staley, A. N. B-l J Ga. 

Stanford, W. K-5 5 Ga.; May —, 1862. 

Stanley, Augustin O. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; Regiment Chaplain, March 21, 1862; 
resigned Corinth, Miss., April 20, 1862. 

Stanley, Ezekiel P. D-4 Ga.; July 21, 1861; Sergeant; wounded and captured Monocacy, 
Md.; died Washington hospital; buried in Arlington. 

Stanley, Henry O. B-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; wounded Malvern Hill, Va. 

Stanley, Isham. Fort Tyler. 

Stanley, James. D-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861. 

Stanley, W. L. D-4 Ga.; April —, 1864. 

Stanley, William. Fort Tyler. 

Staples, A. S. or A. T. K-13 Ga.; March 1, 1862; captured Winchester Sept. 19, 1864. 
Stephens, W. A. K-46 Ga.; May —, 1862; died in Federal prison, 1864. 

Stern, Anselm. D-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; captured Winchester, Va. 

Stern, Levi. D-4 Ga.; Aug. 20, 1861; discharged 1862. 

Sterling, John R. B-4 Ga.; June 4, 1861. 

Stewart, H. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; wounded, disabled and discharged. 

Stewart, W. L. K-14 Ala.; July —, 1862. 

Stinson, Frank. B-37 Ga.; at Fort Tyler. 

Stinson, G. W. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; killed Monocacy, Md., July 9, 1864. 

Stinson, Mike. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Stinson, R. M. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; wounded and discharged Manassas Aug. 28, 1862, 
lost two fingers; enrolling officer Heard County Feb.-28, 1865. 

Stinson, Wesley. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Stodgill, John. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Stodgill, Joseph. C-Ferrell Battery; deserted. 

Strickland, E. H. B-l Ga. Cavalry. 

Strickland, James K. B-4 Ga.; wounded Malvern Hill, Va. 

Strickland, J. L. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; captured Fort Steadman, Va., March 25, 1865. 
Strickland, J. L. A-10 Tenn. 

Strickland, R. T. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Strickland, Willis W. B-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; discharged Nov. 14, 1861. 

Stringfellow, Benjamin T. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; killed Perryville Oct. 8, 1862. 


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Stripling,-. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; deserted Waynesboro, Va., Dec. 9, 1864; took 

allegiance oath; sent to Savannah, Feb. —, 1865. 

Strong, John B. E-41 Ga.; transferred from F-37 Ga., Nov. 12, 1864; wounded Kinston, 
N. C., March 14, 1865; wounded Bentonsville, N. C., March 18, 1865. 

Strong, John W. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; captured Perryville, Oct. 8, 1862; paroled, 
1862; captured Vicksburg, Miss., July 4, 1863. 

Strong, Robert H. E-41 Ga.; Jan. 1, 1864; F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; discharged Nov. 6, 

1861, disability. 

Strong, R. H., Sr. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; lost eye, disease and discharged Nov. 1, 1861. 
Strong, William. B-60 Ga.; killed. 

Strong, W. W. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; killed Second Manassas. 

Sturdivant, Jubal Jackson. B-60 Ga. 

Suddeth, C. M. E-45 Ga.; 1862. 

Swindall, Samuel. B-4 Ga.; June 4, 1861; died Camp Jackson, Va., June 14, 1861. 
Swindall, W. J. C. B-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; died Richmond, Va., June 15, 1862. 

Swint, A. J. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; killed Raccoon Ford, Va. 

Swint, John. F-21 Ga.; Feb. 13, 1863. 

Talley, Button. B-60 Ga.; killed at Petersburg, Va. 

Talley, J. Thomas. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; wounded Gettysburg, Pa. 

Talley, William N. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; Sergeant, 1861; died Blue Sulphur Springs, 
Va., Oct. 22, 1861. 

Tarpley, Southey. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; Corporal; promoted Sergeant. 

Tarver, Jack. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Tarver, Peter. A-10 Ala.; 1862. 

Tate, Henry C. D-4 Ga.; 1864; killed at Petersburg, Va., 1865. 

Tatum, J. G. A-37 Ga. 

Tatum, M. S. C-l Ga.; 1863. 

Tatum, Seth. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; captured Perryville Oct. 8, 1862; Regiment 
Ord. Sergeant, 1863; captured Vicksburg July 4, 1863; paroled July 7, 1863. 

Tatum, Thomas B. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; died Lauderdale Springs, Miss., June 17, 

1862. 

Tatum, W. H. K-13 Ga.; May 12, 1862; wounded Winchester Aug. 17, 1864; died Sept. 
10, 1864, wounds. 

Taylor, S. M. B-13 Ga.; May —, 1861. 

Teague, M. B. K-13 Ga.; March 1, 1862; wounded and captured Monocacy; exchanged 
Nov. 15, 1864; Corporal. 

Teaver, J. C. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; captured Winchester, Va., Sept. 19, 1864. 

Teaver, Jacob D. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; died Vicksburg, Miss., Feb. 2, 1863. 

Teaver, T. J. K-13 Ga.; July 9, 1861. 

Teaver, T. J. E-37 Ga.; June —, 1864; at Fort Tyler. 

Teaver, W. H. H. K-13 Ga.; April 18, 1862; died Richmond hospital Aug. 10, 1862. 
Terry, George W. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; died in camp during service, 1862, at Rich¬ 
mond; Corporal. 

Terry, John. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; Sergeant, Nov. —, 1861. 

Terry, Thomas. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Terry, William W. B-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; died Norfolk, Va., July 22, 1861. 

Thacher, J. A. K-12 Ga.; May —, 1861. 

Tharpe, J. A. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; died in hospital. 


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Tharpe, Joshua D. A. E-4I Ga.; March 4, 1862; wounded Perryville, Ky., Oct. 8, 1862; 

captured Columbia, S. C., March —, 1865; escaped. 

Tharpe, Robert D. A. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; wounded. 

Thomason, J. M. K-7 Ga.; 1862. 

Thompson, A. J. H-17 Ga.; June —, 1861. 

Thompson, G. L. Croft’s Artillery; Nov. —, 1861. 

Thompson, James M. E-41 Ga.; Sergeant, March 4, 1862; wounded Perryville, Ky., Oct. 

8, 1862; wounded Rocky Face, Ga., Feb. 25, 1864. 

Thompson, Captain Richard. B-37 Ga.; at Fort Tyler. 

Thrash, George. B-60 Ga.; killed at first Fredericksburg, Va. 

Thrash, James J. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; discharged Tupelo, Miss., July 18, 1862. 
Thrower, M. Choice. D-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; transferred to Navy; killed near West 
Point, Ga., 1865, at Fort Tyler. 

Tidwell, W. A. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; died Richmond, Va., June 23, 1864. 

Tigner, Leander Hope. E-41 Ga.; May 15, 1862; Assistant Surgeon, May 14, 1864; cap¬ 
tured at Vicksburg, Miss., July 4, 1863; paroled July 7, 1863. 

Tillery, Seraney. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862, at LaGrange, Ga., Dec. 31, 1863; wounded 
Jan. 19, 1865. 

Tilman, Ely. D-4 Ga.; July —, 1861. 

Tilman, Robert A. D-4 Ga.; July 21, 1861; killed Fort Steadman, Va., March 25, 1865. 
Tingle, W. D. A-13 Ala.; July —, 1861. 

Todd, George Fauntleroy. D-4 Ga.; 1st Lieutenant, April 26, 1861; Captain, May 8, 1861; 

wounded Malvern Hill; died at Richmond, Va. 

Todd, William. B-4 Ga.; April 1, 1864; killed Wilderness, Va., May 5, 1864. 

Todd, George. F-21 Ga.; wounded Gettysburg; killed Winchester, Va. 

Tomlinson, James M. B-4 Ga.; April 28, 1862. 

Tommey, Marshall M. E-41 Ga.; Corporal, Aug. 10, 1863; captured Vicksburg, Miss., 
July 4, 1863; paroled July 7, 1863. 

Towns, H. C. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861. 

Towns, H. H. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861. 

Towns, W. B. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; killed Perryville, Ky., Oct. 8, 1862. 

Towers, William A. D-4 Ga.; July 21, 1861. 

Trammell, John P. D-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; transferred May 13, 1862. 

Traylor, G. A. D-4 Ga.; May 12, 1862; died Petersburg, Va., July 12, 1862. 

Traylor, George F. D-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; Corporal and Color Guard, 1861; discharged 
Aug. 18, 1862, over age. 

Traylor, George W. D-4 Ga.; April 26, 1862; wounded in battle and disabled. 

Traylor, George M. Fort Tyler. 

Traylor, Hill M. B-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; O. Sergeant; killed Chancellorsville May 2, 1862. 
Traylor, John T. D-4 Ga.; killed Wilderness, Va. 

Traylor, John. B-4 Ga.; June 4, 1861; wounded Chancellorsville, Warrenton Springs, and 
Spottsylvania; transferred to Quartermaster Department, 1864. 

Traylor, William. B-60 Ga. 

Trimble, Joseph. B-4 Ga.; June 4, 1861; wounded Chancellorsville, Va. 

Trimble, Joseph. E-9 Ga.; died fever Sept. 25, 1864. 

Trimble, Moses M. B-4 Ga.; June 4, 1861; killed Malvern Hill, Va., July 1 , 1862. 

Trimble, William S. B-4 Ga.; June 4, 1861. 

Truitt, James M. Ferrell Battery. 


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Truitt, Nathan A. E-41 Ga.; captured Vicksburg July 4, 1863; paroled July 6, 1863. 
Truitt, Nathan D. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; wounded and captured Kinston, N. C., 
March 10, 1865. 

Truitt, Samuel C. B-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861. 

Tucker, C. M. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; wounded and sent to Staunton hospital, 1864. 
Tuggle, William O. B-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; discharged July 24, 1862. 

Turley, Cornelius. D-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; wounded Monocacy, and left at Frederick 
City, Md. 

Turner, H. C. K-60 Ala. 

Turner, J. C. K-60 Ala. 

Turner, Sterling G. B-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; transferred 6th Regiment Dec. 25, 1862; 
killed at Kinston, N. C., March 9, 1865. 

Turner, William W. B-4 Ga.; discharged July 24, 1862; E-41 Ga.; Aug. 10, 1862; Ser¬ 
geant, Nov. 1, 1863. 

Turner, M. A-13 Ga.; April —, 1861. 

Turner, A. W. K-60 Ala. 

Tyres, Archibald W. F-21 Ga.; March 1, 1862; Sergeant, 1863; killed Summit Point, Va., 
Aug. 31, 1864. 

Upchurch, P. O. B-37 Ga. 

Upchurch, Osborn. K-60 Ala.; 1862. 

Ussery, Malachi G. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861. 

Vance, James. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; arm disabled; transferred to hospital Feb. 17, 1863. 
Vance, William. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; killed Fredericksburg, Va. 

Varner, William. B-60 Ga. 

Vaughan, W. W. A-21 Ga.; March —, 1862; died pneumonia June —, 1862. 

Wade, H. C. B-60 Ga. 

Walker, George C. B-4 Ga.; June 4, 1861; died Norfolk, Va., Sept. 14, 1861. 

Walker, Joel W. B-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; captured Spottsylvania, Va. 

Walker, H. C. K-13 Ga.; Sergeant, July 8, 1861; wounded Wilderness, Va., May 5, 
1864; captured Farmville, Va., April 6, 1865. 

Walker, J. S. D-3 5 Ga.; Sept. —, 1862. 

Walker, O. K. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; Adjutant 13th Regiment Nov. 8, 1864. 

Walker, R. T. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; wounded 1864. 

Wallace, J. H. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; captured, died and buried in Arlington. 

Wallace, M. S. 1-41 Ga. 

Wallace, Seaborn M. B-4 Ga.; May 15, 1862; wounded and captured April 7, 1865. 
Waller, Stephen. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861. 

Waller, Thomas. F-21 Ga.; wounded Richmond, Va. 

Ward, C. R. C. K-13 Ga.; March 10, 1863; wounded Gettysburg, Pa., July —, 1863. 
Ward, Enos W. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; died Staunton hospital Oct. 23, 1862. 

Ward, J. H. K-60 Ala. 

Ware, Eugenius S. B-4 Ga.; O. Sergeant, April 26, 1861; 2nd Lieutenant, Oct. 19, 1861; 

killed Kings Schoolhouse June 25, 1862; first member killed. 

Ware, Joseph J. B-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; courier; wounded Chancellorsville, Va.; also 
wounded July 10, 1864. 

Warner, James. B-60 Ga. 

Warthen, Joseph. B-4 Ga.; recruit; wounded Winchester, Va. 

Watts, Elihu. B-60 Ga.; died in Va.; buried Flat Shoals, Troup County. 


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Watts, John. B-60 Ga.; Sergeant. 

Weaver, Henry C. D-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; lost eye Sharpsburg, Md.; transferred to N. C. 

Webb, Captain-. Fort Tyler. 

Welch, W. B-l Ga.; March —, 1862. 

Wells, N. G. E-51 Ga.; March —, 1862; died smallpox Nov. 2, 1863. 

Westheimer, Aaron A. B-4 Ga.; July 15, 1861. 

Westheimer, Henry. B-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; detailed to band. 

Whatley, C. C. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; died in Virginia camp. 

Whatley, Gibson F. F-21 Ga.; Feb. 23, 1863; transferred to H-21 Ga., Jan. 1, 1864. 
Whatley, O. M. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861. 

Whatley, V. D. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; killed Woodstock, Va. 

Whatley, W. B. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; discharged 1861. 

Whatley, W. H. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861. 

Wheelis, Dr. William. C-Ferrell Battery; 2nd Surgeon. 

Whitaker, James T. F-21 Ga.; Feb. 1, 1864; died Winston, N. C., April 29, 1864. 
Whitaker, John. D-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; killed near Washington July 12, 1864. 
Whitaker, William A. F-21 Ga.; Feb. 1, 1864. 

Whitaker, W. H. D-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; died Madison Courthouse, Va., 1863. 
Whitaker, Wyche W. D-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; killed Snickers Gap, Va., carrying colors. 
White, Augustus. B-60 Ga.; wounded. 

White, D. H. D-4 Ga.; May 3, 1861; captured Camp Jackson; also in K-60 Ala. 

White, James. B-60 Ga.; wounded and died Oct. —, 1862. 

White, John. B-60 Ga. 

White, Joseph G. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; died Corinth, Miss., April 27, 1862. 

White, Simeon. B-60 Ga. 

White, Simeon J. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; died Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 20, 1862. 

White, Tip. B-60 Ga.; killed Monocacy, Md. 

White, Tony. B-60 Ga. 

White, Milledge. B-60 Ga.; killed. 

White, William. B-60 Ga.; died in service May —, 1862. 

Whitfield, Benjamin F. B-4 Ga.; Corporal, April 26, 1861; wounded Appomattox April 
9, 1865. 

Whitfield, John G. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; discharged, at Fort Tyler. 

Whitfield, Matthew S. B-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861. 

Whitted, W. C. 1-49 Ga. 

Whitten, Horace. D-4 Ga.; July —, 1861; captured and died in prison. 

Wilder, W. W. B-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861. 

Wilkerson, James M. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; died Corinth, Miss., April 29, 1862. 
Wilkerson, W. J. F-13 Ga.; July —, 1861; died disease April —, 1864. 

Wilkes, Harry. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861. 

Wilkes, Lucius C. B-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; discharged Nov. 14, 1861. 

Wilkes, Leonard H. F-21 Ga.; Feb. 1, 1864. 

Wilkes, Robert B. B-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; killed Winchester, Va., Sept. 19, 1864. 

Wilkes, Thomas B. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; killed Cold Harbor, Va., 1864. 

Wilkes, Walker. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; died of fever in camp. 

Wilkes, William H. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; fate unknown. 

Wilkinson, Nealy J. B-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861. 


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Wilkinson, William T. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; captured Covington, Ga., July 22, 1864; 

exchanged March 12, 1865. 

Williams, D. H. D-3 Ga. 

Williams, Elisha D. B-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; promoted Ambulance Sergeant. 

Williams, Epps M. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; discharged for disability, Atlanta, Oct. 24, 
1862; died disease Nov. 8, 1862. 

Williams, Frank. D-4 Ga.; died Camp Jackson, Va. 

Williams, Frank. B-60 Ga.; wounded and died. 

Williams, Frederick. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861. 

Williams, George W. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; killed Fredericksburg, Va. 

Williams, Dr. Henry. B-60 Ga. 

Williams, Israel. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861. 

Williams, J. G. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861. 

Williams, John. K-5 5 Ga.; May —, 1862; died Cumberland Gap, 1863. 

Williams, Thomas M. F-21 Ga.; May 15, 1862. 

Williams, Willie. B-60 Ga. 

Williams, T. B. 1-41 Ga. 

Williams, U. B. B-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; killed Cedar Creek, Va., Oct. 19, 1864. 
Williams, William. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Willingham, J. T. Gilliard’s Artillery; 1864. 

Willingham, John. F-12 S. C.; lost arm Gaines Hill, Va., June 25, 1862. 

Willingham, L. T. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; discharged for disability. 

Willis, John C. E-17 Ala.; Jan. 5, 1863; died brain trouble May —, 1863. 

Willis, John H. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; wounded; killed Hatchers Run Feb. 7, 1865. 

Willis, L. S. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Willis, W. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; killed Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863. 

Willis, George S. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; transferred to Quartermaster Department. 
Wills, William. B-60 Ga.; killed Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863. 

Wilson, Wiley W. B-4 Ga.; May 16, 1862. 

Wilson, William C. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; discharged for disability March —, 1862. 
Wilson, W. H. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861. 

Wingo, J. O. C-34 Ga.; July —, 1862. 

Winn, William. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; discharged 1861. 

Winston, O. D. D-4 Ga.; O. Sergeant, April 26, 1861; 2nd Lieutenant, May —, 1862; 
resigned Nov. —, 1862. 

Winston, T. H. D-4 Ga.; 1861; wounded and captured Winchester, Va. 

Wisdom, H. McGee. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; discharged. 

Wisdom, Jesse M. B-23 Va.; lost leg at Lynchburg, Va., June —, 1864. 

Wisdom, Robert A. F-21 Ga.; Oct. 27, 1861; killed 2nd Manassas as color bearer. 

Wise, Isaac. B-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; promoted Sergeant. 

Wise, John. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; killed Monocacy, Md., Sept. 19, 1864. 

Wise, R. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; killed Monocacy, Md., July 9, 1864. 

Wise, R. B. D-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861. 

Wise, Walter. B-60 Ga. 

Wise, William R. K-13 Ga.; Corporal, Oct. 20, 1862; wounded Monocacy, Md., July 9 , 
1864; died from wounds July 11, 1864. 

Wood, John. K-60 Ala. 

Woodall, S. P. B-37 Ga.; 1864; Fort Tyler. 



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Woodall, W. L. C-l Ga.; March 1863. 

Woods, George. B-60 Ga.; Lieutenant; killed Gettysburg, Pa. 

Woods, Gus. D-4 Ga.; July —, 1861; wagoner; captured in Pa. 

Woody, H. B. 1-37 Ga.; April —, 1862; died in Mississippi hospital May —, 1863. 
Wright, John A. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; Regiment Surgeon, 1862; wounded Perryville, 
Ky., Oct. 8, 1862; captured Chaplin Hills, Ky., Oct. —, 1862; died wounds at Harrods- 
burg, Ky., Nov. 8, 1862. 

Wright, Lum. B-60 Ga.; Sergeant; killed. 

Wright, Samuel F. F-21 Ga.; Feb. 15, 1862; wounded Cedar Creek, Va. 

Wyche, Jefferson. B-60 Ga.; killed Spottsylvania May 12, 1864. 

Wyche, J. W. E-20 Ga.; 1862. 

Yarbrough, William. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; killed Cross Keys, Va. 

Yates, Coy. C-Ferrell Battery. 

Young, John L. F-21 Ga.; July 9, 1861; died fever Pages Landing, Va., 1861. 

Youngblood, Augustus K. K-13 Ga.; July 8, 1861; died Hamilton Crossing, Va., May 9 , 
1863. 

Zimmer, Christian. B-4 Ga.; April 26, 1861; Sergeant. 

Zimmer, George J. E-41 Ga.; March 4, 1862; discharged for disability Feb. 28, 1863. 


CHAPTER XXV. WORLD WAR SOLDIERS 

AND SAILORS 


Commissioned Officers 


Allen, Winston S._1st Lieutenant 

Atkinson, James L._2nd Lieutenant 

Baker, Arthur Marshall..1st Lieutenant 

Bradfield, Arthur D._2nd Lieutenant 

Bradfield, Loyd..1st Lieutenant 

Chandler, Homer E._Field Clerk 

Clark, Neal_1st Lieutenant 

Clark, Wallace H_1st Lieutenant 

Cook, Edmund F_2nd Lieutenant 

Crossley, George H.._lst Lieutenant 

Dallis, Render_1st Lieutenant 

Davis, William N._1st Lieutenant 

DeLamar, James Dean_1st Lieutenant 

Ector, Virgil A_1st Lieutenant 

Emory, Walter_1st Lieutenant 

Forrester, Redmond V_2nd Lieutenant 

Frost, Robert C._1st Lieutenant 

Graves, John Lafayette_1st Lieutenant 

Hadaway, W. H__1st Lieutenant 

Hall, Charlie Y., Jr._Field Clerk 

Hammett, Howard Hilt.1st Lieutenant 

Howard, William Linton_2nd Lieutenant 

Jenkins, George Pearce_2nd Lieutenant 


Jones, Chilion Vickers_2nd Lieutenant 

Lehmann, Casper Hunt_1st Lieutenant 

Leman, DeManville Abraham_Captain 

Morgan, David Emmett_ Captain 

Mott, John R_ ...Field Clerk 

Newton, Henry Edgar_1st Lieutenant 

Parham, Lonie C._1st Lieutenant 

Park, Emory Robert_1st Lieutenant 

Philpot, Eugene Allen_1st Lieutenant 

Potts, Jett Miller_Field Clerk 

Reynolds, John Andrew_1st Lieutenant 

Robbins, Etta D._Nurse 

Robison, John Leon.1st Lieutenant 

Rutland, Silas Clifford_2nd Lieutenant 

Smith, Blanchard D._2nd Lieut., Marines 

Smith, Charlie J._2nd Lieutenant 

Stanley, Royden Keith_2nd Lieutenant 

Traylor, Charles Lamar_2nd Lieutenant 

Webb, Wilton Wendell......Captain 

Whatley, Robert J._1st Lieutenant 

Wilson, Russell F._1st Lieutenant 

Young, John Guinn_Field Clerk 


Naval Service Men 


Abbott, Row Bowden..1,000,237 

Allen, Vernon S._1,101,648 

Barbour, Arthur W._1,105,325 

Barker, Grady W._1,193,785 

Biddlecum, Harry J._1,147,894 

Boyd, Charlie -2,590,270 

Brittain, William H--1,133,063 

Cadenhead, Whitman P._1,200,13 3 

Callaway, Cason J.-- 

Cantey, William O-1,203,121 

Carlisle, William N.--1,204,744 

Caudle, Henry N.-1,209,204 

Combs, Elisha T.. 1,221,784 

Cooper, David C.—.1,225,734 

Cosper, Joseph C.-1,227,540 

Crawley, Thomas B-1,231,084 

Crenshaw, Henry M-1,231,995 

Crenshaw, Lyne -1,231,218 


Culpepper, Edward C._1,344,314 

Daniel, Herschel J._1,348,399 

Davidson, Sam _1,303,177 

Davis, Marvin P._2,670,167 

Davis, R. Cooper_1,305,03 5 

Denham, Rollie J_1,254,393 

Dewberry, Isaiah G__ 1,310,990 

Drinkard, Edwin A._1,319,708 

Drinkard, Ernest L._1,319,710 

Drinkard, Josh _1,319,712 

Dye, James H-1,323,967 

Estes, Joseph D._1,407,805 

Estes, Loyd L.-1,407,909 

Fling, F. Ridley-1,509,467 

Folds, George A.__1,510,526 

Forrester, George M-1,512,023 

Graham, Robert M._1,615,958 

Hagedorn, Phillip H_1,700,903 





































































238 History of Troup County 


Hall, Neil D_1,702,166 

Hammett, Paul Lane.—1,704,579 

Hannah, Algernon.. 1,705,870 

Hardy, Calvin A_1,787,860 

Heard, Roland S. ..1,725,423 

Hoffman, Richard G.-1,732,434 

Hopkins, Alfred D__1,736,179 

Howell, Joe Parks. 1,719,676 

Hunt, Chester A._1,713,800 

Johnson, Clifford M-1,546,05 1 

Johnson, Sidney S._1,960,9 5 3 

Johnson, James T._1,547,5 28 

Jones, A. Battle_1,549,874 

Jones, John H., Jr_1,143,854 

Jones, Julian M._1,144,330 

Jones, Thomas F_1,145,182 

Kirby, Marion L._2,670,088 

Kistler, James T._1,020,082 

Knight, Ponce de Leon..1,260,637 

Lawrence, Claud W_1,806,631 

Lipham, William P-1,816,009 

Lovelace, Charles A--1,819,500 

Lovelace, John L._1,819,506 

Lovelace, Ralph B._ .1,819,307 

Lowe, Emmett _1,820,019 

McKemie, Francis P_1,363,193 

McKemie, Joe B-1,335,299 

Mitchell, Henry B._1,431,958 

Morgan, Cecil B._1,434,806 

Mullins, John D._1,441,746 

Mullins, Robert H.1,441,761 

Newberry, William D_1,240,5 26 

Norman, Eldridge T. -1,243,488 

Omer, Lewis M., Jr..1,249,209 

Parker, Ernest J.-1,519,375 

Patillo, Ernest W._1,5 34,025 

Patillo, Reuben S. _1,524,036 

Perry, J. Olin_1,527,608 


Phillips, Ran L- 

_1,531,493 

Piper, Talley W_ 

_1,532,029 

Plant, John T__ 

_1,533,674 

Powell, John B_ 

_1,537,033 

Ruff, Lee H- 

_1,845,128 

Ruffin, Jim Henry_ 

_1,845,145 

Seay, Howard S- 

_1,913,892 

Simmons, Claude _ 

_1,922,525 

Skelton, Daniel W.___ 

_1,925,3 96 

Skelton, Dennis I_ 

_1,925,397 

Sledge, Edwin P-- 

_1,927,189 

Smith, Abner H- 

_1,926,738 

Smith, Blanchard D- 

_1,267,885 

Smith, Carl E___ 

_1,927,304 

Smith, Wesley G- 

_1,931,609 

Smith, Willis Y.. 

.....1,931,998 

Spearman, Harvey .... 

_1,849,998 

Stanley, Carl A- 

_1,071,272 

Stephenson, James D_ 

_1,940,893 

Stephenson, Robert W_ 

_1,773,421 

Stripling, Ernest R_ 

_1,945,491 

Strong, Robert _ 

_1,938,781 

Strong, William H_ 

_1,938,797 

Talley, James F_ 

_1,034,562 

Truitt, Olin M___ 

_1,048,506 

Turner, Hiram B_ 

_1,047,75 5 

Turner, Homer B_ 

_1,047,759 

Turner, John B- 

_1,048,184 

Turner, Warren B_ 

_1,048,350 

Walton, Hardeman P_ 

_1,628,285 

Ward, Hiram W_ 

_1,628,956 

Wells, Herman D_ 

_1,635,124 

Whatley, E. Kiser_ 

_1,637,695 

Whitaker, F. Ridley_ 

_1,638,306 

Witherspoon, John K—. .. . 

. _1,346,721 

Witherspoon, Waldroupe .. 

_1,346,727 

Wilson, Charles M_ 

_1,776,227 


White Soldiers 


Abbott, Sergeant Emory C._1,3 56,421 

Abell, John __2,902,8 52 

Abraham, William H_ 726,415 

Adams, Charles D_4,74 5,034 

Adams, Sergeant Charles S_ 794,345 

Adams, Willie F., Jr. 1,346,090 

Allen, Alwyn L.__4,884,3 86 

Allen, Beverly P._1,361,853 


Allen, Frank _3,497,707 

Allen, Marshall L_1,343,831 

Allen, William H_4,432,074 

Allen, Winston B_ 793,234 

Ammons, Sergeant Robert M_ 30,863 

Anderson, Will _1,360,443 

Andrews, Frank __ 

Andrews, Corporal Oliver M...2,521,288 




























































































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239 


Andrews, Corporal Robert_1,897,40} 

Armstrong, Thomas J._2,376,606 

Arnold, Robert D. 2,399,364 

Askew, Sergeant James E_ 763,665 

Atkinson, Walter M_ .1,114,710 

Aubrey, Sergeant Mary T_2,5 8 8,464 

Augustine, Abraham _ 801,616 

Autrey, Sergeant Will_ 740,931 

Baker, James S___ 

Baker, Marvin A_ 793,3 54 

Bailey, Paul B.__ 612,378 

Balenger, Dave _ 748,300 

Ballard, William E_2,656,377 

Banks, Sergeant John M..2,65 2,622 

Barker, Novatus L., Jr._2,920,241 

Barnes, Bentley O...2,901,193 

Barnes, Lenard L__.2,5 96,167 

Barrow, Sergeant James H_2,652,640 

Barton, Tebe S_ 73 5,912 

Bass, Grover C_1,897,901 

Bates, Cleave _ 98,463 

Bates, Herbert A_3,207,968 

Bates, James A_4,756,744 

Bates, Moses E.__ 

Baugh, Henry G_2,6 5 2,664 

Bean, William A._ 83 8,767 

Beck, Corporal Henry D-1,344,801 

Bennett, Frank G___ 

Bennett, Nathaniel H.4,45 8,865 

Bennett, Reuben C..1,342,115 

Bettie, Louis _ ..2,652,65 1 

Bigby, Sergeant Robert C_1,897,416 

Birdsong, Howard J._2,654,626 

Birdsong, Louis -1,363,496 

Blackmon, Edgar __ 

Blackman, Roy...3,494,270 

Black, Louis _2,902,340 

Bohannon, Johnson F__2,903,843 

Bonner, William H-- 

Booker, Virgle E._2,5 88,469 

Boozer, Fred A_4,573,177 

Boozer, James H-- 2,588,468 

Borders, Charles B._4,159,943 

Borders, Homer ....2,5 88,468 

Bostick, Sergeant James M._1,193,3 34 

Boswell, Earl T.__ 2,648,015 

Bowen, Henry I._2,5 88,470 

Bowen, James M.-- 

Boykin, Sergeant Charlie F.2,902,8 3 5 


Boykin, Sergeant William S.. 

Brady, Reece _ 

Brand, Murphy .. 

Brannon, Henry J._. 

Brazil, John H-- 

Breed, Adolphus M__ 

Breed, Harry M_ __ 

Brewer, Burrell B._ 

Brewer, Wilson M_ 

Briley, Sergeant Emmett G.. 

Briley, Robert _ 

Brock Hubert IV 

_1,931,813 

_ 53,397 

.. 434,894 

_2,920,256 

_2,902,889 

_4,458,696 

_ 412,231 

_3,497,55 1 

_2,133,817 

_2,588,465 

Brogden, James S--_ 

_3,013,352 

Brooks, Sergeant Arthur W.. 

_ 719,922 

Brooks, Clarence D- 

.. 761,507 

Brooks, Early L-- 

_4,008,565 

Brooks, Sergeant Willie F- 

_ 734,393 

Brown, Corporal Calvin F.— 

_ 738,179 

Brown, James A- 

_1,931,075 

Brown, Loyd C.--- 

_2,596,169 

Brown, Mike D... 

.3,208,307 

Browning, Godwin M- 

_1,546,592 

Buchanan, William B- 

_2,588,467 

Burdett, Edwin O.__ 

_4,296,206 

Busbee, Henry J--— 

_2,596,169 

Busbee, Herman L- 

_4,462,346 

Butler, Charlie R- 

_ 218,853 

Butler, William A--- 

_3,502,778 

Byrd, Charlie H—.... 

_2,652,642 

Cadenhead, Sergeant Charlie 

R._ 106,178 

Caldwell, Sergeant Alonzo— 

_2,131,928 

Caldwell, Henry C- 

_1,029,037 

Caldwell, Sergeant James C._ 

_ 114,127 

Camp, Sergeant Thomas L—. 
Cantrell, Arthur F--_ 

..3,497,685 

Carley, Sergeant John A- 

_ 218,351 

Carpenter, Charles P--- 

_3,679,65 5 

Carr, William O.- 

_2,902,057 

Carriker, Sergeant John E—. 

_1,360,340 

Carter, Benjamin G- 

_2,924,610 

Carter, William O--- 

_4,001,122 

Cash, Claude C.— --— 

_ 562,223 

Caswell, Walter J... 

_3,497,498 

Caudle, Sergeant Harvey B. 

_2,654,604 

Caudle, Louis --- 

...2,588,472 

Caudle, Owens ____ 

.2,652,635 

Chalker, Enoch B- 

_4,562,734 

Chamblee, Homer L- 

_2,901,861 


Chambley, Wyatt T.--3,208,370 



































































































240 


History of Troup County 


Chandler, Sergeant Homer E.2,920,268 

Chandler, Sergeant Robert E._1,154,390 

Chasteen, Fitz H. L__ 

Christian, Corporal R. L-4,562,444 

Clements, Harry T-..4,001,121 

Cleaveland, Thomas R...4,45 8,866 

Cleaveland, W. L., Jr._4,45 8,716 

Clifton, Clem _ 793,167 

Clifton, D__4,562,732 

Cobb, Leroy __ 

Cobb, Corporal William R._1,344,701 

Cofield, Corporal C. B._1,363,349 

Cofield, Sergeant J. A._ 795,693 

Cole, Benjamin F._1,019,636 

Cole, Bingham P....1,343,424 

Colley, Benjamin P._2,596,170 

Colquitt, Alfred H._.2,588,476 

Comer, Hugh H.__ 

Compton, Guy G__ 793,63 3 

Cone, Clayton _ 96,479 

Cooper, Sergeant Bennett D._2,588,474 

Cooper, Cary D._4,562,733 

Cosley, Charles J._2,652,659 

Cosper, Corporal Leon_2,902,907 

Cotter, Vance L._ ....2,924,622 

Couch, Charlie G._4,576,757 

Coward, Cleaveland .. 3,502,404 

Cox, Eddie _2,5 88,475 

Cox, Thomas E-1,343,603 

Craven, Wilbur _ 56,368 

Crews, George B__1,100,511 

Crow, Sergeant Enoch A..4,773,410 

Crowder, Howard _1,3 58,139 

Culpepper, Sergeant W. R._1,344,812 

Cumbee, Arthur H._4,570,421 

Curtis, William A._2,652,623 

Cutright, James _1,934,822 

Daniel, Ben _2,901,564 

Daniel, Edmond T._4,45 5,173 

Daniel, Eugene _ 73 5,437 

Daniel, Robert M._4,573,178 

Daniels, Albert R_1,356,176 

Darden, Gordon L_4,456,175 

Darden, John N-4,570,422 

Davis, Abner S-4,431,457 

Davis, Archie J-4,562,73 5 

Davis, Charlie I_2,652,648 

Davis, Sergeant Duke_4,001,123 

Davis, Sergeant Earl_ 249,268 


Davis, Henry _2,65 5,571 

Davis, Sergeant Joseph B... 27,63 8 

Davis, Corporal Jesse.. 322,824 

Davis, Sergeant Ralph E-2,5 88,477 

Davis, Walter V_2,484,720 

Day, Carl C._ 96,416 

Dean, C. D_3,497,715 

DeLoach, Bonnie A., Jr._4,3 50,052 

Denny, Dave _2,5 88,478 

Denny, Sergeant Jasper W- 760,178 

Denny, Robert M._1,344,499 

Dickson, Henry A._2,376,745 

Dickson, Jesse S._4,45 8,730 

Dillard, Sergeant John H._1,361,973 

Dixon, Roy H-- 633,891 

Dixon, William L-2,488,421 

Dodgen, Jim C._2,596,171 

Dorrough, John C__ 

Dorrough, Sam F.—. 741,634 

Dozier, Sergeant E. N._2,652,65 7 

Dozier, Corporal John B- 113,793 

Duck, Brady C-1,360,590 

Dukes, Clay W. 5 3,194 

Dukes, Luis M.__ 

Dukes, Corporal Jim R-3,497,5 50 

Dunn, Monroe _1,031,522 

Dunson, Alfred L._1,929,921 

Dunson, Sergeant William P._1,361,858 

Durham, Clarence E._. 1,346,061 

Dye, Howell E_ 2,903,049 

Dyer, Jefferson C._2,652,661 

Eady, Earnest H_3,497,757 

Earnest, Lewis _ 705,574 

East, Albert .... 

East, Sergeant Carl W- 246,067 

Edmondson, Sergeant Carl W_ 760,163 

Edwards, Frank _ 793,456 

Ellis, James B_ 1,361,859 

Emory, Sergeant Robert A._4,001,124 

Emory, Sergeant Walter_ 23 5,445 

Estes, Joseph G__2,588,479 

Estes, Robert B._.2,596,174 

Evans, Roy W. 4,458,537 

Evans, Seaborn W._1,080,492 

Evans, John W_ 792,389 

Farrar, Lewis P_4,001,125 

Farrar, Posie M_1,897,448 

Fatherly, John _ 759,524 

Feinburg, Samuel _ 218,390 






























































































World War Soldiers and Sailors 


241 


Fincher, Malone L.. 906,424 

Fincher, Walton M_ 1,343,716 

Fisher, George W._2,574,980 

Fling, Corporal Howard S.__ 

Florence, William L_1,361,887 

Floyd, Harold C-4,45 5,300 

Folds, Charlie M. 4,562,737 

Folsom, Horace C__2,5 88,482 

Formby, Eugene D.__ 

Foster, Grover C-2,902,464 

Franklin, William R_1,343,013 

Frederick, Hugh P._3,496,774 

Frederick, Philip _4,45 5,404 

Freeman, Clifford L._4,562,736 

Freeman, Eugene D.__ 

Freeman, Joseph C..4,45 5,23 5 

Freisleben, Harry C_2,900,450 

Frost, Alexander __ 

Fulghum, Luther F._2,350,297 

Fulghum, Roy _ —4,562,738 

Fuller, Early C._1,345,524 

Fuller, Corporal James C._ 759,709 

Fuller, James H._1,347,845 

Fuller, William A.__.1,343,613 

Gable, William S_2,596,173 

Gay, John _1,360,737 

George, Callie A.__2,903,5 56 

Gerbert, William A_4,884,792 

Gibson, Sergeant Charles G._1,060,826 

Gibson, Henry C._ 436,296 

Gill, Willis L_4,883,822 

Gilley, Lillard C._2,345,116 

Gilliland, Guy P._4,242,196 

Gladney, Louie _3,497,834 

Glass, T. Curtis_5,248,001 

Glosson, Grover C...1,896,825 

Glosson, Sergeant William F._2,654,490 

Godwin, Sergeant Will H- 346,374 

Goff, John L_4,756,753 

Gordy, Jim - 45,136 

Gray, Clifford L _1,098,3 5 8 

Gray, Sergeant William J._ 794,658 

Gray, Wylie _ 229,860 

Green, Corporal Claude H.-1,519,421 

Griffith, Sergeant Ben W._2,901,035 

Griffin, Corporal Bion D._2,650,496 

Griggs, E. Garland....—.4,461,211 

Griggs, Corporal Henry I._1,344,794 

Grogan, Girdie P. -4,562,739 


Gross, Reuben _2,588,575 

Gross, Sergeant Urvin B.__ 

Hale, Duke T_ 519,668 

Hall, Henry G.. 4,001,126 

Hall, Roy G__1,344,365 

Hall, Thomas N._4,734,472 

Hamby, Daniel R___ 

Hamer, Vester G._1,098,975 

Hamlett, Claude _ 748,570 

Hamlett, Richard P._2,902,749 

Hamlett, John L. _ 5 3,891 

Hamlin, Walter B._2,650,497 

Hannah, Clarence _—1,897,464 

Hannah, Lon _ 106,373 

Haralson, Corporal Ralph C.__ 

Haralson, Sergeant Tom A-1,930,632 

Hardeman, Alfred _1,923,999 

Harper, Sammie D._ 3,497,497 

Harris, Howard R._1,341,380 

Harris, Mark D.....2,5 88,486 


Harris, Sergeant-Major W. D._2,654,5 60 

Harrison, Cloma S.__ 

Harrison, Sergeant Lovick C,.... 1,931,395 

Hart, Corporal Richard M._4,562,742 

Hasty, Henry W. 2,902,409 

Hatfield, QM.-Sergeant Fred R...1,365,144 

Hawkins, George ..3,991,48 5 

Hayes, Frank _ 822,809 

Haynes, Sergeant James B_2,588,484 

Haynes, Thomas G._2,596,489 

Haynes, William J._1,897,487 

Heard, Henry _3,991,475 

Hearn, Gordon _ 3,497,703 

Hearn, Jim ---2,5 88,491 

Helm, Lee __ 

Henesy, Joe T._2,900,087 

Henderson, Corporal Arthur_ 39,603 

Hendricks, Dewey _4,883,718 

Herzberg, Harold _4,45 5,293 

Hice, James R._,_3,5 88,487 

Hicks, Oliver C.- 73 8,207 

Hill, Elijah _1,924,004 

Hill, John T_2,588,485 

Hill, Louis _2,574,641 

Hilyer, Sergeant Eldridge V.-1,930,640 

Hines, C. A_1,343,325 

Hinson, Paul W-4,562,740 

Hipp, Preston T.-2,902,411 

Hobbs, J. D_3,497,714 

































































































242 


History of Troup County 


Hodnett, Hardy J--3,004,689 

Hodnett, Corporal Ralph H..2,65 0,437 

Hodnett, Wesley C.__ 

Hodnett, Willie J.-.. 

Hodges, George T..—.2,596,176 

Hogan, William J...4,462,3 30 

Hogg, Alvin R...2,588,488 

Hogg, Jarrell N. 1,020,400 

Hogue, Sergeant Henry J-2,492,830 

Holder, Ellis L-1,344,026 

Hollis, John, Jr-1,924,015 

Hollis, Sergeant John F._ 27,750 

Holloway, Clifford H..4,159,918 

Holmes, Arthur J..2,654,526 

Holmes, Charles M._ 801,683 

Holmes, Henry J.___ 

Hornsby, William W_1,343,666 

Howard, Charles M.....1,897,469 

Huffman, Jackson M_ 794,178 

Huguley, George A., Jr.3,004,692 

Hull, Corporal William A._1,341,5 5 8 

Hunt, George F._.....2,956,175 

Hunt, Henry W_4,5 62,743 

Hunt, Wesley A....2,5 96,177 

Hurley, James A. 741,624 

Hutchinson, Sergeant Paul_1,607,442 

Hutchinson, Richard S.. 73 8,738 

Jackson, Charlie M_2,654,625 

Jackson, Will H_3,497,740 

Jenkins, Franklin P..2,5 88,493 

Jenkins, Johnnie _1,924,010 

Johns, Albert . 1,098,599 

Johns, Virgil S._.1,931,398 

Johnson, Elisha C._4,45 5,349 

Johnson, Corporal Norman C__ 

Johnson, Corporal Odell H__ 

Johnson, Oscar M. 3,497,668 

Johnson, Rufus H—.... 4,562,744 

Johnson, Will _4,007,378 

Johnston, Reuben A__ 239,831 

Jones, Charles L...4,15 9,922 

Jones, Edward A. 4,570,149 

Jones, George D__2,359,425 

Jones, Henry --2,300,13 3 

Jones, Sergeant James Y__ 745,1 12 

Jones, Newton A_ 716,538 

Jones, Robert D--1,345,198 

Jones, Robert H..1,359,524 

Jones, Thomas B--4,576,75 0 


Jones, William H---— 793,429 

Jones, William P..1,341,813 

Joseph, Charles _3,497,8 3 5 

Kato, Jay T. 128,742 

Kato, Corporal William H- 73 5,477 

Keith, Wilbur P_3,498,670 

Keller, Hall P__4,462,3 83 

Kelley, Lee C___1,547,265 

Kennington, Joe J.....2,5 88,494 

Kenney, Sergeant Robert_ 13,650 

Kent, Oscar W._1,346,852 

Key, William C_4,570,423 

Kimbrel, Joe __ 

Kimbrel, Lon T__2,903,047 

King, Corporal Burrell.. 774,231 

King, Paul _1,342,293 

Kirby, Sergeant Cooper S_2,650,433 

Kirby, Sergeant Marion F..—.2,5 88,495 

Kittle, Will _4,010,675 

Lambert, Corporal Charles B_1,897,487 

Lambert, Jasper N._1,365,184 

Lande, James A_3,497,12 5 

Landreth, Corporal Homer M_2,3 88,503 

Landreth, Joseph C._2,596,178 

Landreth, Sergeant Thomas M_ 73 8,247 

Lane, George M., Jr_2,596,179 

Lane, James H.___ 

Langford, Verlie L__ 792,905 

Langley, Richard B..___4,45 8,934 

Lanier, Harvey L__2,5 88,496 

Lanier, James B-2,588,533 

Lashley, Charles L.___1,342,157 

Lashley, William D..____2,5 88,499 

Latt, Robert B.__..2,596,180 

Lee, Robert E-1..2,924,678 

Lee, Walter S_ 168,107 

Lehmann, Erwin R... 795,928 

Lehmann, William P..1,897,882 

Lester, Corporal Isaac A__1,340,684 

Lewis, Sidney B--.2,6 50,926 

Lindsey, Jesse L..2,5 88,497 

Lindsey, Otis _1,906,13 3 

Littlefield, George W.... 

Littlefield, Otis B.. 2,902,545 

Loftin, James A._ 1,934,948 

Longley, Eldon S._ 176,148 

Lott, Henry R__ 

Lovelace, Emmett B.. 863,157 

Loveless, Corporal Marvin_1,5 57,012 








































































































World War Soldiers and Sailors 243 


Lowe, Herbert _2,656,226 

Loyd, Hamp T-4,45 5,383 

Lubow, Corporal Samuel_1,897,496 

Lunsford, Thomas E._4,001,127 

McClain, Luby B._1,344,848 

McCoy, Mason P_ 974,475 

McCoy, Pink J-3,497,732 

McCrary, John H-1,896,894 

McCullough, James C._2,901,742 

McCullough, Corporal W. F_ 436,698 

McCurry, Jim -2,588,504 

McDaniel, Buford _1,546,5 31 

McDaniel, Dave W_1,896,002 

McDaniel, Ed _ 434,678 

McGhea, Corporal Gip_1,345,022 

McKay, William J__ 

McKemie, William S._ 7 59,437 

McKemie, William P._ 813,118 

McKemie, Francis P...4,45 5,454 

McLarty, Paul E.. V L_2,652,619 

Mallory, Corporal James A_3,497,496 

Mangham, Thomas J_2,596,181 

Manning, William C_1,546,627 

Marchman, Herman _2,5 88,505 

Margett, Corporal Joseph. 23,526 

Market, Corporal Willis H. 778,101 

Martin, John H.__ 

Martin, William H_1,043,420 

Mason, Corporal Jesse_1,029,818 

Massengale, Rufus T_2,902,762 

Maxey, Loyd L-3,497,75 5 

Maze, James H_3,996,573 

Meaders, Jason E-3,207,754 

Meeks, Tobe _ 741,756 

Meetze, Earle D._5,5 82,073 

Mellett, Elbert B._ 914,63 3 

Miller, Sergeant Paul_ 187,604 

Miller, William L. 2,652,663 

Mills, Grady . 2,924,692 

Mills, Julius _ 33,478 

Milner, William _ 761,545 

Mobley, L. B.__ 4,879,167 

Mobley, Philip . 2,903,543 

Moncrief, Cecil R._1,345,428 

Moncus, James T._2,654,797 

Moncus, Thomas T.-2,652,615 

Montgomery, Terryl B._4,461,079 

Moore, Benjamin M-1,344,393 

Moore, Buron P..„.2,596,182 


Moore, Corporal Charlie R. 759,439 


Moore, Edward P_4,001,128 

Moore, Robert L._4,562,746 

Moore, Willard ___ 

Moore, Winford L...1,100,846 

Mooty, Loonie W-1,343,202 

Morgan, John R_2,902,653 

Morgan, Walter L._ 795,972 

Morris, Albert _3,497,681 

Moseley, Corporal Edwin_ 123,132 

Mozley, Andrew G_ 48,438 

Munson, Corporal James A....2,5 88,502 

Murray, Howard H_1,344,798 

Murphy, James F.. 1,313,145 

Murphy, Newell B.__ 

Murphy, Wylie P...1,361,914 

Nabors, Abraham M._..4,562,745 

Nall, Cecil C_3,496,773 

Newberry, Charlie J_2,5 88,508 

Newsom, Leon E._2,5 88,506 

Newsome, Charlie A__3,497,831 

Newton, Charles E._4,461,212 

Newton, James A.--....4,45 5,468 

Newton, Pope A._1,345,907 

Nichols, Virgie W_4,573,181 

Nix, Grover _ 750,566 

Nix, Harbin _1,341,630 

Noles, Warner T__2,5 88,509 

Norred, James L.--4,001,129 

Norris, Carl R._4,561,032 

Norton, Norman ---4,001,130 

Oliver, Carey V-- 

O’Neal, William T _3,832,5 14 

Orrick, Amos L-1,012,73 5 

Overstreet, George J-4,350,298 

Page, Tom -2,596,183 

Park, Henry B-4,8 84,449 

Parker, Henry M—.1,341,120 

Parr, Corporal Robert C- 759,395 

Parratt, George -1,098,640 

Partridge, John E-2,5 88,591 

Partridge, Ralph J-- .4,573,182 

Payne, Major M.- 118,796 

Peach, Corporal William R-2,924,343 

Pepper, Joseph L-4,45 5,492 

Perry, Charles B... 

Perry, Fletcher M- 131,652 

Perry, James G.-1,363,3 50 

Perry, Julian --2,5 88,511 




































































































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History of Troup County 


Perryman, Sergeant Marcus M.3,133,119 

Phelps, Gerdine W.__ 

Phillips, Horace G.__ 

Phillips, Lessie _1,931,40 5 

Phillips, Corporal Wiley F.-3,207,701 

Pike, John H_3,5 87,262 

Pitts, George W._1,348,942 

Potts, Paul A_4,45 5,514 

Potts, Willard T.._. _ 4,562,749 

Powell, Reuben __ 2,652,849 

Powell, Willie C._ 97,813 

Powledge, William R-1,340,993 

Prather, George _ 4,884,387 

Preacher, Sergeant Herbert A..__.1,029,8 58 

Preacher, Corporal Lewis M....1,029,829 

Presnell, Addison D._2,594,539 

Priest, Henry __ 

Prichard, Thomas H.—...4,5 5 8,615 

Pruett, Jesse F._2,5 88,514 

Pruitt, Jennos E_4,562,748 

Pruitt, John H-1,343,209 

Pruitt, Norman L._1,897,089 

Pryor, Sergeant George C_ 14,346 

Pugh, Corporal Jack J_ 120,741 

Purgason, Lyndon.... 2,594,810 

Pye, Otho L_2,648,086 

Ragsdale, Jesse B_3,497,704 

Rainey, Corporal F. J_ 743,512 

Jtains, Ferman L_ 796,638 

Rains, Johnnie J._ 750,576 

Rakestraw, James S___...2,5 88,523 

Randall, Corporal R. L_3,031,649 

Redden, Russell U. F.. -4,884,5 59 

Reed, Claud_2,903,674 

Reed, Sergeant Harry L_3,497,493 

Reese, Aaron C.__ 

Reese, Charlie L._ 760,470 

Reese, Dee_3,497,500 

Reynolds, Clyde G_2,5 86,5 24 

Reynolds, William A—..3,033,619 

Richardson, Sergeant Ben N.1,098,614 

Richardson, Columbus J__ 

Ridgeway, Sergeant William T— 1,859,417 

Roberts, Corporal Eugene ...1,912,246 

Roberts, John G. T...3,033,720 

Royal, Corporal Dolphus E_1,3 56,914 

Ruffin, John C- 738,225 

Rutledge, John L_4,456,200 

Sanders, Harry W., Jr...1,099,504 


Sanders, Jessie C.__ 

Sands, Robert L.-- 

Sands, William A.__ 

Sappington, Henry W._4,456,201 

Saxon, Corporal Robert C- 759,655 

Seay, James A_1,356,418 

Sewell, Sergeant Nathaniel L.-1,361,910 

Shaefer, Stephen-4,756,384 

Sharman, Howard D.-1,361,869 

Sharp, Dock H_ 760,480 

Shaw, Raymond-4,562,319 

Shepherd, Luke L_1,897,790 

Sheppard, Jesse C.-1,931,547 

Shiry, Roy E-4,562,751 

Short, Nurel D_1,343,815 

Shortt, Oran_1,408,220 

Simmons, Harold A_2,901,179 

Simmons, Herman R._1,340,813 

Simmons, Webster_ 40,720 

Simons, Abdo J_3,497,783 

Sims, Johnnie L_3,586,160 

Simpson, Thomas F._2,652,628 

Smith, Clarence__2,6 51,046 

Smith, Harvey H_1,927,861 

Smith, Henry L_1,903,317 

Smith, John T. G-4,001,13 3 

Smith, LaFayette C----4,45 5,719 

Smith, Lon__ 724,440 

Smith, Mark F_2,901,727 

Smith, Sergeant Oscar J- 3 39,292 

Smith, Reuben H__ 1,343,907 

Smith, Roy T_4,573,183 

Smith, Thomas W._1,365,191 

Smith, Willie J_2,588,516 

Smith, Wilson E._1,361,917 

Smotherman, Fred L_2,903,266 

Spearman, Sol__ 2,649,250 

Spier, Corporal Alfred R_2,388,157 

Spinks, George J__2,652,643 

Spinks, Haywood C.-4,309,860 

Spinks, Tom L__2,924,373 

Spivey, Eline L__ ....3,999,427 

Spivey, Lester C_ 745,662 

Spivey, Corporal William L_1,934,977 

Stack, Alonza L_2,596,185 

Stallings, Joseph L-2,901,406 

Stark, Nathan_2,654,621 

Starr, Hoyt A-1,896,295 

Stephens, Blant N_3,497,73 3 



























































































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245 


Stephens, Clark K_2,188,127 

Stephens, Corporal James A_ 748,760 

Stitt, Durell _2,903,070 

Storey, Charlie O.-1,341,640 

Storey, E. C-1,897,096 

Storey, James O._2,396,186 

Stowers, Clifford_ 41,391 

Strickland, Vernon R_3,394,711 

Stroud, James W._1,346,600 

Sturdivant, Sergeant C. P_1,346,889 

Sturdivant, Sergeant O. L_2,632,211 

Sutherlin, C. Wilner_4,43 3,616 

Suttles, James W._1,341,123 

Sutton, Alex_1,926,390 

Swanger, Hiram T._2,3 88,328 

Swint, Henry T -4,001,131 

Taliaferro, Charles S_1,361,966 

Talley, Norman M_2,632,212 

Tatum, Frank S_1,363,787 

Taylor, Amos C_4,573,420 

Taylor, Joseph T_2,387,996 

Teague, Guy__ 

Terrell, Peter_5,065,486 

Thomas, Frank_2,903,681 

Thomas, Joseph E._2,588,519 

Thomason, James W_4,562,752 

Thomaston, Arthur R._1,030,045 

Thompson, Alonzo_3,587,295 

Thompson, Charlie_2,588,517 

Thompson, Hulet _2,596,188 

Thompson, Corporal John M. 5 58,347 

Thompson, Sergeant Marion H—1,930,623 

Thompson, Sam. 3,503,840 

Thompson, Solomon... 

Thompson, Corporal W. N_ 95,640 

Thompson, William E._3,826,465 

Thornton, Bob -4,562,763 

Toney, Homer R._4,562,754 

Traylor, Sergeant Joe H.-- 636,194 

Trimble, Robert L.-4,368,636 

Trimble, Robert Lee_2,578,779 

Truitt, Henry T. -2,588,518 

Tucker, Corporal George W.-4,562,75 5 

Tucker, John H.-2,343,181 

Tumlin, Daniel L. .. 1,899,300 

Turner, Marvin P. _3,586,260 


Turner, Rudolph___ 

Valeri, Gus _3,497,730 

Veal, Harvey S.-- 

Wadkins, Jasper N_1,931,667 

Wadkins, Jefferson R.-- 

Walker, Sergeant Clarence Y.-1,186,542 

Walker, Eldredge G- 4,456,009 

Walker, Homer_ 759,667 

Walker, Willie B.. 1,341,646 

Wallace, Amos W_3,498,699 

Wallace, Jesse J_1,347,685 

Walls, Oscar _ 748,773 

Walters, Corporal George W.-3,033,706 

Ware, Charlie L___1,361,873 

Ware, Rigdon W.__ 

Warren, Marcus W._ 793,2 5 5 

Watson, Corporal Henry C_1,073,948 

Watts, Guss O_1,357,383 

Watts, Lonnie F_3,996,467 

Watts, Sergeant Walter T_ 759,691 

Weathersbee, Sergeant G. G-2,5 88,521 

Weaver, Corporal Charles C.-1,046,570 

Weaver, Corporal Herman L.-1,345,690 

Weir, Theo—.. 561,752 

Welden, Corporal Ernest O_1,931,230 

Weldon, Corporal Walter L_ 168,151 

Wells, Otis L_2,594,607 

Wells, Woodward _2,654,63 3 

Whitlock, Samuel - -4,001,136 

Wilkerson, Jefferson C.--1,899,061 

Wilkerson, Willie L- 38,728 

Wilkes, Corporal Benjamin L— 136,942 
Wilkinson, Corporal Urban S—3,496,900 

Williams, Alfred Z.-1,346,186 

Williams, Amasa C---.-—4,350,382 

Williams, Charlie T-- 

Williams, Curtis C---4,573,18 5 

Williams, David H..—.-1,881,003 

Williams, David R-- 

Williams, Nimrod D--- 4,562,727 

Williams, Ranee-- 

Williams, Sergeant Robert C—1,099,769 
Williamson, Sergeant H. E—_—1,142,159 

Williamson, J. D-3,497,763 

Willingham, Harvey L... 3,497,164 

Wilson, Cumpy T—._. 761,496 




















































































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Wilson, Sergeant Floyd E.-1,339,355 

Wilson, Lewis A_4,562,757 

Wilson, Robert E_4,3 50,393 

Wilson, Will__ 

Wilson, William E_4,573,184 

Winkles, John L- 939,400 

Winn, Frank..__2,652,636 

Winslett, Ernest A- 5 5 8,765 

Wood, Sergeant Edgar C.-1,363,363 

Wood, Edwin R---— 793,379 

Wood, Polk W_ 793,407 

Woodham, Lawrence_ 57,498 

Woodruff, Amos -2,5 88,522 

Woodruff, Corporal Ira-2,5 88,606 


Woodruff, Olin ..—2,595,988 

Wright, Howard M.-4,562,759 

Wright, James W_2,5 88,520 

Wright, Raleigh_2,5 88,532 

Wright, William B., Jr-1,340,823 

Wright, Wilfred L___ 

Yalovitz, Alex......2,5 53,399 

Yarbrough, William S-4,562,760 

Yates, John---- 

Yates, James R-2,596,190 

Yates, Corporal Rob- 97,452 

Young, Henry F.-2,65 5,497 

Young, Sergeant John G.. 793,441 

Zachry, William G-2,654,634 


White Soldiers Who Died in Service 

The names listed below are those who died in service, and were members 
of the army unless otherwise indicated. The names are not included in the 
preceding roster. 


Akins, Frank ___LaGrange..._4,562,729_ 

Bailey, William B-LaGrange_ 761,411_ 

Bohannon, Corporal Joel M..LaGrange_ 87,640_ 

Brock, Joe McKinley (marine) ..LaGrange_ 117,094_ 

Cannon, John H._LaGrange__ 57,791_ 

Dunn, Aubrey_West Point_ 97,494_ 

Frasier, Sergeant Hoke__LaGrange-1,897,211- 

Hamer, Ferrell L-LaGrange_1,195,93 5_ 

Hamlett, Eria C-LaGrange.2,902,761_ 

Hancock, Sergeant Allen D..LaGrange_1,365,301_ 

Hillhouse, Ernest_LaGrange... 

Johnson, Corporal Henry F-LaGrange. 97,634_ 

Lake, Eldridge _West Point_2,652,652_ 

McAllister, Zachariah_LaGrange_ 801,618_ 

Melton, William M._West Point_2,5 88,503_ 

Park, Charles T__LaGrange_3,497,731_ 

Payne, Amous...LaGrange....1,896,917_ 

Reid, Jewell...__LaGrange_1,408,132_ 

Schaub, Sergeant Baxter Lindsey..LaGrange.... 

Smith, Young Hall (seaman)....LaGrange_1,571,725. 

Spearman, Wyatt_Hogansville_3,991,782_ 

Storey, Jacob L-LaGrange_1,918,283_ 

Taylor, Juel....LaGrange_ 97,831_ 

Thompson, Knox F_LaGrange_1,341,137_ 

Wainwright, Lafayette F. 

(marine)---West Point_ 120,275_ 


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_October 16, 1918 

_June 8, 1918 

_July 18, 1918 

_September 17, 1918 

_October 12, 1918 

_July 31, 1918 

..October 13, 1918 

_November 23, 1918 

_April 27, 1918 

_July 26, 1918 

_October 31, 1918 

..September 10, 1918 

_October 14, 1918 

.October 23, 1918 

_September 29, 1918 

..May 21, 1918 

_November 24, 1917 

_February 15, 1918 

_October 14, 1918 

..March 7, 1918 

_July 15, 1918 

_November 1, 1918 

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247 


Colored Soldiers 


Adams, James -2,648,886 

Akers, Corporal Washington_1,928,823 

Alexander, John-4,374,130 

Allen, Corporal Henry_1,931,817 

Allen, John T- 1,924,013 

Allen, Willie F-2,343,943 

Allison, Virgil . -....3,991,778 

Amos, U. J-1,927,983 

Anderson, John_2,630,390 

Appleby, Felix--- 1,931,906 

Appleby, Lee—..1,923,93 3 

Askew, Corporal Frank, Jr_1,924,001 

Atcherson, James-3,381,932 

Barnes, Olin-3,063,231 

Barnes, Will_ 3 , 494,149 

Barsh, Elias - 3,494,393 

Bass, Jim--3,381,934 

Batchelor, Lewis M_3,063,223 

Battle, Andrew_2,343,330 

Battle, Burke_1,927,930 

Battle, Casper____ 

Battle, Charlie_ 230,391 

Battle, Garnett _3,063,21 3 

Battle, Lawrence_1,923,993 

Baugh, Willie_4,884,110 

Beasley, Albert_3,063,241 

Beasley, Ernest.. 229,143 

Beasley, Homer......3,494,143 

Beasley, Philip___3,3 87,066 

Beasley, Washington _ 3,991,779 

Bell, Henry_3,063,218 

Billingslea, John T. _3,993,721 

Billingslea, Lamon.... 2,6 3 3,308 

Billingslea, Corporal Lorie..1,927,441 

Birdsong, Waymond _3,611,713 

Black, Jesse, Jr._3,381,936 

Black, Walter_3,991,438 

Blackman, Will _ ..3,993,981 

Boddie, George_3,494,261 

Boddie, Lewis..1,927,989 

Boddie, Lonnie..2,633,432 

Bonner, Elbert..4,304,228 

Bonner, Loveface __3,383,307 

Bonner, Verse_3,609,609 

Boyd, Johnnie_3,991,459 

Boyd, Lummus. 2,656,281 

Boykin, Charles Emory_1,974,564 


Boykin, John T_3,005,850 

Brewer, La_2,652,245 

Brooks, Champ_3,609,611 

Brooks, Percy_3,006,073 

Broome, Jim.. 227,257 

Broughton, George _2,344,067 

Broughton, Lonie_2,342,620 

Brown, Edward_2,648,888 

Brown, Hiram.......4,5 04,2 51 

Brown, James E., Jr._2,656,442 

Brown, Robert _3,991,460 

Brown, William_ 3,488,513 

Bryant, Jessie__4,574,500 

Bufford, Willie_4,133,139 

Buggs, John.... 220,983 

Burroughs, Dock_3,494,256 

Burston, Eunice _ 233,050 

Burton, Homer_2,656,072 

Burton, John-4,504,53 5 

Byrd, Charlie Truitt_4,133,138 

Byrd, Sam—. 2,649,390 

Byrd, William _3,502,876 

Calhoun, Corporal Josh__ 229,570 

Cameron, Lewis_2,648,914 

Cameron, Eley_2,561,796 

Cameron, Warren_4,271,146 

Cannon, Joe -4,737,026 

Canady, Milton_1,931,809 

Capers, Osie. 4,504,223 

Carlisle, Charlie_2,442,125 

Carlisle, Frank...__4,133,143 

Carter, Will . 5,065,230 

Cato, Henry_3,581,958 

Cato, Jay D-4,008,38 5 

Champion, Roy_3,490,882 

Chappie, Floyd_3,991,468 

Chatman, Monroe _3,494,13 5 

Chisholm, Sergeant Tommie_3,581,959 

Chislom, Corporal Willie_3,991,465 

Chivers, George . 1,923,918 

Chivers, Tom . 3,611,401 

Civers, Lamon _ 3,991,463 

Clark, Richard...2,346,199 

Clements, Reuben _ 1,812,230 

Clements, Walter_ 5,065,478 

Clemons, Shep __4,5 69,108 

Clemons, Sergeant Spurgeon.4,133,140 




































































































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History of Troup County 


Cloud, Elmer_5,065,23 5 

Cofield, Bill _1,923,921 

Cofield, Clee_3,587,067 

Cofield, Horace_3,991,467 

Cole, Simon _ 232,648 

Collins, Jim_4,574,515 

Collins, Terry_3,992,054 

Colton, Levi_3,5 81,960 

Combs, Charlie_4,13 3,141 

Cook, Arthur _1,934,781 

Cook, George _2,654,842 

Cooper, Charlie _3,581,961 

Cooper, Henry -4,754,907 

Cooper, Thomas_1,934,210 

Cotton, Samuel _3,630,498 

Cotton, Walter_3,5 84,003 

Coverson, Ethel_2,650,248 

Cox, Clark_ 3 3 5,824 

Cox, Hilliard_ 234,164 

Cox, Mart _3,991,462 

Cranford, Eddie A.__ 

Crowley, Ernest_2,662,119 

Crumpton, Henry S_4,008,75 5 

Culberson, Jesse R_2,65 5,540 

Cummings, Summerfield _1,924,429 

Curtis, Allen _4,560,674 

Cutright, Eugene- 229,649 

Dallis, Charlie, Jr-1,923,923 

Davidson, Clarence_3,587,069 

Davidson, John W_3,494,329 

Davis, Andrew _3,991,469 

Davis, John-2,654,094 

Davis, Corporal John N_1,023,801 

Davis, West-3,493,028 

Davison, William _2,65 5,545 

Dawson, Charlie _4,010,628 

Dawson, David_1,927,607 

Dawson, J. D-2,650,280 

Day, Robert C__3,613,779 

Dean, Alton-1,934,147 

Dean, Bennie -3,993,815 

DeLaney, Douglas__ 

DeLaney, Frank_2,650,363 

Delaney, Vince -4,133,144 

Dennis, Curtis_3,5 81,962 

Dennis, Will-2,65 5,331 

Dix, Allen -4,571,071 

Dix, Dotis-3,494,138 

Dix, Tommie- 3,494,290 


Doaiglas, Isaac_4,571,047 

Dozier, Arthur_3,527,204 

Dozier, John_3,494,179 

Dozier, Sam _ 232,894 

Drake, Will_4,13 3,143 

Dubard, Joe_1,890,216 

Duncan, Will_4,504,187 

Dunn, Lonzie—.... 

Dunson, Bob_3,494,349 

Dunston, Charlie_ 232,662 

Easters, Fletcher _4,271,13 8 

Ector, Charlie_3,5 87,071 

Edmondson, Jim_ 220,640 

Edmondson, Mark, Jr._3,991,472 

Edmondson, Sergeant W. R_3,494,163 

Edwards, Dave_4,504,248 

Edwards, George _3,581,964 

Edwards, Leslie_2,650,5 03 

Ellis, Arben_2,650,891 

Ellis, Will_1,931,905 

Ellison, Lewis_ 231,063 

Evans, Ed_3,991,473 

Evans, Samuel H_1,923,940 

Etvans, Willie_3,585,199 

Fanning, Dave_1,928,013 

Fanning, Robert-4,133,169 

Farrow, Jack-3,991,474 

Favors, George -1,931,807 

Ferrell, Alonzo_3,494,3 36 

Ferrell, De- 221,006 

Ferrell, Nelson_2,983,022 

Ferrell, Ozey -2,672,236 

Ferrell, Robert_ 230,068 

Ferrell, Virgus -5,065,246 

Fielder, Joe-1,008,75 5 

Fielder, Peter-4,13 3,148 

Finch, Archie -2,648,970 

Finch, Corporal Frank_3,494,156 

Fincher, Pink_1,895,213 

Fitzpatrick, Harry_ 227,771 

Fitzpatrick, Henry _4,504,238 

Florence, George W-4,133,147 

Flowers, Tollie_5,065,479 

Fomby, Jefferson - 230,451 

Ford, Ocie-3,994,165 

Ford, Robert-3,567,027 

Ford, Willie-2,65 5,287 

Ford, Wilson-.4,133,146 

Fosby, Cosby-- 645,5 89 







































































































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France, Sell-1,924,011 

Franklin, Will _1,931,943 

Freeman, Albert__4,13 3,149 

Freeman, George_2,633,413 

Freeman, John W_3,613,209 

Freeman, Lonza..2,648,907 

Freeman, Will_ 229,669 

Fulton, Burl -2,196,136 

Gamble, Will _2,63 3,302 

Gambrell, Corporal Richard_3,494,3 86 

Gates, Cap _4,379,222 

Gates, Corporal Gaston_2,648,916 

Gates, John L_1,928,020 

Gates, Lewis.3,991,477 

Gates, Octavius _3,992,0 36 

Gates, R. L_1,934,720 

Gates, Robert_3,3 87,074 

Gates, Sam, Jr._2,63 3,444 

Gates, William_1,923,930 

Gaulding, Johnnie _3,381,967 

Geter, Amos__ 3,063,236 

Gibson, Ben_1,924,019 

Gibson, B. D_2,631,723 

Gibson, Charley _2,361,724 

Gillon, John I._2,346,489 

Gisid, Corporal Sula. 2,632,069 

Glenn, Gammon_1,928,023 

Gordon, Alf_3,992,0 37 

Gordon, Frank_ 3,991,480 

Grady, Willie L.2,636,284 

Granberry, George_2,649,73 3 

Gray, David _3,381,969 

Gray, Willie .... 232,680 

Greathouse, Nora..-4,304,209 

Green, Hubbard ....4,734,314 

Green, Thomas__2,93 8,19 3 

Green, Willie I__.2,347,2 30 

Greene, Hilliard . 3,991,478 

Greene, Ulysses.. 2,6 32,242 

Greenwood, Corporal Enoch_4,737,031 

Greenwood, Frank..2,490,32 3 

Griffin, Columbus L._1,924,022 

Griffin, Corporal Frank R.3,991,781 

Griggs, Sergeant Jerry, Jr. 232,371 

Griggs, Sergeant Willie..3,494,277 

Grissom, Eugene..3,494,2 3 8 

Guice, Bennie_3,063,431 

Hairston, Emanuel-4,304,3 38 

Hall, Claude ..2,137,044 


Hall, Fesser _2,630,689 

Hall, John W_3,381,970 

Hall, Josh_3,063,214 

Hall, Marvin _ 1,928,032 

Hall, Virgil_3,381,971 

Hampton, Abner _ 229,800 

Harden, Charlie_ 1,923,996 

Hardnett, Isaiah_4,133,138 

Hardy, Bose_1,928,033 

Harper, Hub_1._4,304,230 

Harrington, Andrew_1,023,3 37 

Harrington, Jack___3,063,243 

Harris, Charlie_3,381,972 

Harris, Doctor_2,649,286 

Harris, Corporal James M_2,967,030 

Harris, John_3,494,177 

Harris, Corporal J. P_3,613,210 

Harris, Lucius _3,3 87,073 

Harrison, Jesse_3,3 81,973 

Hart, E. Ernest_2,361,794 

Hart, Earl Pope_4,13 3,13 9 

Hart, Jim _ 2,636,174 

Hawkins, John W_3,991,484 

Hayes, Robert, Jr_ A, 133,1 34 

Haynes, Delsee_3,991,482 

Heard, Carl E- 1,927,930 

Heard, E. J__1,928,03 8 

Heard, Garnett_2,636,113 

Heard, George_3,344,813 

Heard, James C_1,934,699 

Heard, Stewart_3,381,974 

Heard, Willie__4,13 3,13 3 

Heard, Willie, No. 2_4,734,321 

Hendon, Andrew__2,649,18 8 

Hendricks, Charles H---:...- 

Hicks, Napoleon. 3,609,629 

Hill, Eliga_ 336,038 

Hill, George _1,923,928 

Hill, Henry_3,381,973 

Hill, Irvin_1,931,813 

Hill, Otis_3,3 81,976 

Hill, West_3,3 36,76 3 

Hinds, Joshua_1,931,93 1 

Hodnett, Willie _4,13 3,13 3 

Hogg, George-2,648,966 

Holcomb, Sergeant Joe, Jr._3,494,279 

Holcomb, John W-3,381,977 

Holcomb, Corporal Maceo__1,008,202 

Holcomb, Olin _ 1,008,232 






























































































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Holladay, Charlie -5,065,226 

Holmes, Sylvester_3,991,316 

Howard, Nathaniel-2,166,728 

Howard, Tom, Jr.-4,133,152 

Howard, Willie .-.-5,065,25 3 

Hubbard, Fuller__3,991,481 

Hubbard, Howard__3,991,486 

Hubbard, Homer__ 3,735,754 

Hudmon, Robert---3,581,979 

Huggins, Sergeant Ben-1,98 5,217 

Hughes, Sergeant George_1,927,95 3 

Huguley, Will W._3,579,631 

Huguley, George H-2,650,745 

Huguley, Walter, Sr._ 4,880,829 

Hunley, Bunner_2,648,961 

Hunley* Sergeant Ezekiel_4,133,157 

Hunt, Will _ .- _4,133,151 

Huntley, Grover_2,650,122 

Huston, Aaron__4,445,389 

Hutchell, Julius..... 

Hutchinson, Grady_ 3,993,704 

Hutchinson, Olin _3,492,512 

Ingersoll, George_2,656,954 

Irby, Gus-3,494,387 

Jackson, Dock__ 4,574,501 

Jackson, Henry_4,133,160 

Jackson, James .-..4,562,848 

Jackson, Joe _ 1,923,910 

Jackson, Otis.. 4,504,465 

Jackson, Philip__ 

Jackson, Stonewall_3,991,487 

Jackson, Twiston- 2,649,227 

James, Anthony__3,614,083 

James, Eli _ 1,932,501 

Jenkins, Ambus - 5,065,244 

Jenkins, Henry_4,133,161 

Jenkins, William-5,065,213 

Jennings, Douglas....2,346,728 

Jennings, Sergeant Henry.1,931,816 

Johnson, Charles_3,992,376 

Johnson, Ernest..1,931,586 

Johnson, Fletcher H__3,581,980 

Johnson, Floyd-3,581,981 

Johnson, Fred . 3,991,488 

Johnson, Henry.... 221,276 

Johnson, Johnnie__3,864,641 

Johnson, Mort- 2,649,254 

Johnson, Robert_3,993,709 

Johnson, Sanford ___4,021,350 


Johnson, Uncle J- 220,994 

Johnson, Willie - 5,065,229 

Johnson, Willie, No. 2_1,928,044 

Jones, Clinton-2,65 5,317 

Jones, Henry-1,008,289 

Jones, James_1,934,698 

Jones, Willie_2,655,821 

Jordan, Ed_2,561,788 

Kelley, Chester A_2,648,903 

Kelley, Emery -3,991,489 

Kelley, Corporal John A.-1,927,684 

Kelley, William_3,000,527 

Key, Amzy_5,065,420 

Key, Lucius-5,065,422 

Right, Willie_ 232,510 

Kilgo, Willis S_3,494,282 

Kimble, Will_1,931,818 

Kinard, Frank_4,133,162 

King, George W.-3,524,893 

Kyle, Corporal Joice-1,928,798 

Lakes, Corporal James-3,991,494 

Lane, George -2,356,810 

Lane, Ivey M_1,923,929 

Latimer, Hubert. 1,931,812 

Lay, Corporal Robert-1,930,966 

Lee, Ed_2,121,347 

Lee, Eddie B_3,581,984 

Lee, Jack __ 3,587,078 

Lee, Lonzie_1,934,222 

Lee, Will_3,991,493 

Leonard, James_1,008,238 

Leonard, John E. 2,651,809 

Levette, Will H-..1,923,916 

Lewis, Eddie B._3,494,181 

Lewis, Mose _ 1,934,778 

Lewis, Mosely-1,481,609 

Lewis, Corporal Uriah-3,497,449 

Lindsay, Joe_3,581,986 

Lindsey, Robert_3,587,080 

Lindsey, Will _3,503,836 

Lindsy, Otis_3,587,079 

Lipscomb, George-3,992,059 

Lipscomb, Jim-3,991,492 

Lipscomb, Lewis_3,992,050 

Lockett, Albert G. W_3,5 81,987 

Long, Anderson _1,931,587 

Long, Claud-1,924,124 

Long, Frank-3,581,988 

Long, Will-2,653,358 




























































































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Long, William-3,496,010 

Lovejoy, Andy P._. 3,502,961 

Lovejoy, Dock_4,487,996 

Lovelace, Samuel_1,931,5 89 

Lynch, George_3,494,171 

Lynch, Willie_3,991,491 

McCauley, Sergeant Myron_3,503,980 

McCauley, Simon __5,065,237 

McCawley, Sam_2,650,364 

McCord, Zack_1,931,60 5 

McCutcheon, Rufus..2,996,498 

McDaniel, Frank.. 2,656,440 

McFarlan, Willie T_2,65 5,674 

McFarland, John H-3,991,499 

McFarling, Emerson_1,923,919 

McFarling, Jace_1,923,968 

McGhee, Tom_3,991,497 

McKenzie, Frank W._. 2,652,613 

McKinley, Homer_2,561,721 

McKinley, Walter _3,991,496 

McLaughlin, Joseph..-2,649,908 

McLaughlin, Willie P__5,065,471 

Mackey, Tom W._3,494,272 

Maddox, Charles_2,650,244 

Magley, Will_2,65 5,299 

Malone, Will G_3,490,472 

Marchman, George G._1,928,070 

Marcus, Earl__ 2,347,297 

Martin, Preston_3,587,082 

Martin, Silas_2,648,887 

Matthews, Willie_2,656,495 

Maxey, Glenn O._1,931,606 

Mays, Willie_4,010,018 

Melson, Johnnie H_5,065,155 

Melton, Lindsey_4,754,5 28 

Melton, Robert_4,504,183 

Miller, George-2,657,030 

Milton, Peter, Jr._1,923,920 

Minniefield, Fletcher _1,931,814 

Mitchell, Claud_1,931,602 

Moore, Cliff _1,924,021 

Moore, Eddie_4,133,163 

Moore, George-3,494,260 

Moore, Corporal Jink_3,494,237 

Moore, Lovitt-3,584,006 

Moore, Luther-- 2,649,600 

Moreland, Callie-.— 25 3,750 

Morgan, Aaron-1,923,912 

Morgan, Colonel-3,006,267 


Morgan, Ernest, No. 1—..3,5 36,786 

Morgan, Ernest, No. 2._..3,5 36,766 

Morgan, Frank_2,938,474 

Morgan, Henry_2,651,761 

Morgan, Jerry_3,581,991 

Morgan, John_2,65 5,329 

Morgan, John D_3,006,268 

Morgan, Will___3,494,323 

Morris, Corporal Bloomer_2,652,247 

Morris, Troup_ 230,497 

Morton, Otis__ 

Mosely, Claude_._ 313,576 

Murray, Willie—__3,494,136 

Myhand, Johnnie_4,504,231 

Nealy, Tom _ 221,459 

Nelson, Corporal Jim E._3,581,992 

Newton, Oscar A. L_2,652,0 51 

Nollen, Jessie_3,991,500 

Ogletree, Terrell___5,065,227 

Ogletree, Walter L__ 

Oliver, Wesley_2,561,778 

Owensby, Frank _1,934,143 

Palms, Elye__ 234,085 

Parham, Charlie_ 234,085 

Parham, John D._2,342,901 

Partridge, Andy__ 

Patillo, Corporal Willie__2,342,903 

Patterson, John L_3,488,460 

Patterson, Robert_3,581,993 

Perdue, George _3,494,367 

Perry, Leo_3,994,084 

Peterson, Charlie_4,133,168 

Peterson, Willie __._4,133,166 

Philpot, Joe _-_2,938,031 

Philpotts, Corporal Square_3,5 81,995 

Phillips, Ezra _ 3,991,504 

Phillips, George._ 4,133,167 

Phillips, Leonard_1,923,926 

Phillips, Mose_4,133,165 

Pitts, Elmore_ 3,503,838 

Pitman, Sergeant Erwin___1,931,612 

Porter, Anthony _3,992,960 

Porter, Gus....2,65 5,326 

Porter, Willie_2,65 5,297 

Potts, Charlie F._ 1,924,007 

Potts, Clark M_5,065,242 

Potts, Jimmie L- 2,168,772 

Potts, Frank -3,991,502 

Potts, Lucius-4,754,526 






















































































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Potts, Thomas S._3,991,5 03 

Potts, Willie L_3,991,505 

Poythress, Talley_1,924,014 

Prince, Charlie_3,991,501 

Rachel, Dan _3,581,996 

Rachels, Luther_3,5 81,997 

Raflin, Thomas J.--5,065,216 

Ragland, Wilbur_3,991,506 

Ransby, Charley__2,65 0,264 

Read, Arthur-4,271,145 

Read, Charlie_4,271,139 

Read, Dee _3,494,321 

Redd, Erwin_4,090,2 50 

Reed, John W_3,587,083 

Reese, Corporal Fred T-3,493,983 

Reeves, Jessie S._3,5 87,084 

Reid, John__....3,5 81,998 

Render, George_3,494,244 

Render, James A._1,931,805 

Rentz, Ed_2,865,521 

Ridgeway, Aric_3,993,715 

Ridley, Frank,_4,133,169 

Ringer, James R._ ... 2 , 65 5,309 

Roberts, Earl_2,651,810 

Robinson, Arthur__3,494,33 8 

Robinson, Jim_1,923,917 

Robinson, Warren W.....3,991,508 

Ross, Ernest _3,494,239 

Ross, Gilmore_4,065,252 

Rowland, Lum_2,65 5,652 

Rutledge, Albert, Jr._3,5 87,08 5 

Rutledge, Hilliard_ 221,411 

Rutledge, William_1,924,023 

Salmon, Isaiah _3,494,134 

Sands, John W__3,993,715 

Satterwhite, Mose, Jr_3,5 82,000 

Scott, Jessie_2,345,214 

Scott, Lee_ 4,574,509 

Scott, Robert_ 232,935 

Sellars, Henry _ 221,417 

Sellers, Willie R_1,931,808 

Sewell, Demp___3,5 87,086 

Sewell, Robert _ 220,804 

Shank, Andrew _1,923,904 

Shealds, Norman L__3,490,865 

Shearer, Ike-5,065,249 

Shepard, Ed -3,991,514 

Sheppard, Dave-2,6 5 5,290 

Sherman, Eddie L--4,75 5,286 


Sherman, Will H.-3,494,390 

Sherman, Williard .—2,346,740 

Sherrell, Wes_4,271,150 

Sims, John _4,132,170 

Sims, Theron_5,06 5,247 

Sims, William__ 229,781 

Slaughter, Joe__—2,651,732 

Sledge, Frank__ 221,498 

Sledge, John_3,991,512 

Sledge, Will_4,010,63 5 

Smith, Corporal Arthur...—2,656,944 

Smith, Bobbie R._2,65 5,564 

Smith, Henry, No. 1 _1,931,634 

Smith, Henry, No. 2 _1,934,207 

Smith, Hubert I._3,991,509 

Smith, J. Hugh__1,934,183 

Smith, John J.__ 3,494,137 

Snelling, Conrads_3,000,544 

Snellings, Fred B._3,000,537 

Snellings, R. S., Jr._1,924,016 

Snipes, Willie_1,923,907 

Spearman, Andrew _2,648,901 

Spearman, Ike.....2,65 2,243 

Spratling, John W. 4,754,527 

Sparks, Gilbert_1,923,997 

Sparks, James_3,5 82,002 

Stargen, Lenton_1,932,640 

Stanley, Otis__3,992,061 

Stencen, Boston _4,133,170 

Stephens, John W._1,933,377 

Stephens, William_3,494,187 

Stiggers, Ben H-. 1,927,726 

Stiggers, Will-2,655,656 

Stinson, George-1,931,635 

Stokes, Charlie_4,570,687 

Story, Jessie - 231,54} 

Story, Corporal Tom W-4,5 59,891 

Strong, Aaron, Jr. 3,992,006 

Strong, Esco-4,754,510 

Strong, J. B-3,991,513 

Strozier, James-1,931,804 

Sturdivant, Lincoln_3,583,004 

Sullivan, Charlie ..2,65 5,324 

Summers, Clarence_ 3,5 87,088 

Summers, Sergeant Ernest_1,927,688 

Swanson, Charlie R._1,923,998 

Swanson, Gus_ 3,995,025 

Swanson, Virgil -1,934,233 

Swanson, William.. 232,748 







































































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Swanson, Willie_3,582,005 

Swindle, Lon. 5,065,238 

Talley, Cicero_4,133,174 

Tatum, Abel _3,588,006 

Tatum, Ed-2,656,28 5 

Tatum, Elijah-2,167,3 31 

Tatum, Robert_ 220,931 

Thomas, John-1,924,005 

Thomas, Aol -1,008,5 81 

Thornton, Ambus_5,065,220 

Thornton, Charlie...4,133,172 

Thornton, David_3,991,516 

Thornton, Howard_1,923,902 

Thornton, James, No. 1_2,65 5,3 30 

Thornton, James, No. 2_5,065,250 

Thornton, Perry _3,5 82,009 

Thornton, Richard_1,924,909 

Thrash, Arch, No. 1_1,934,367 

Thrash, Arch, No. 2_1,931,648 

Thrash, Samuel D_3,991,517 

Thurman, Frank_ 1,924,020 

Tigner, Sergeant Ed_3,494,168 

Tigner, Ellis _3,494,142 

Todd, Joe _3,503,990 

Toles, Shep..—4,726,70 5 

Townes, Albert_3,5 87,089 

Towns, Allen_4,132,172 

Towns, Marshall_1,931,649 

Trailer, John H. _3,582,010 

Trammell, John W._1,924,422 

Trammell, Napoleon_2,344,450 

Trammell, Ossie_2,561,817 

Trammell, Winton..1,923,934 

Traylor, Abe -1,923,943 

Traylor, Addwood _3,494,145 

Traylor, Jim. 1,931,811 

Traylor, Tommy L_5,065,251 

Troy, Will_ 1,934,140 

Truitt, Jesse D_ 3,991,519 

Truitt, Paul_5,065,426 

Tucker, Albert_4,884,775 

Tucker, John__2,65 5,937 

Tucker, Nelson_5,065,245 

Tucker, Ollie _3,5 87,090 

Tucker, Willie_3,585,222 

Wagner, Charlie _2,652,052 

Walker, Billie, Jr._3,991,520 

Walton, Elijah_3,609,642 

Walton, Leslie _4,757,058 


Ward, Timonty_3,991,518 

Ward, Will_5,065,217 

Ware, Charlie.__2,347,05 5 

Ware, Charlie, Jr._3,494,169 

Ware, James E._3,494,325 

Watkins, Bryant _ 228,45 5 

Watkins, Fannier_1,924,003 

Watkins, Ralph_3,494,252 

Watkins, Robert _3,992,062 

Watkins, Walter L.3,628,899 

Watson, Raymond_2,662,303 

Weathers, Sergeant Nick_1,927,974 

Weaver, Reuben_2,342,674 

Whitaker, Lenis_3,610,723 

White, Eddie B_4,133,175 

White, Henry_3,5 87,091 

White, Jerry-2,358,015 

White, John _5,065,234 

Whitfield, Jerry -3,494,167 

Wilborn, Fletcher_3,991,521 

Wilburn, Joe C_1,924,413 

Wilby, Nathan_ 231,748 

Williams, Benjamin_3,991,522 

Williams, Sergeant Charlie _3,5 36,394 

Williams, Sergeant Ed.4,007,769 

Williams, Gus_4,757,059 

Williams, Henry_2,356,711 

Williams, Jack-. 3,490,889 

Williams, Jim E.__ 3,582,012 

Williams, John, No. 1 _3,488,577 

Williams, John, No. 2 _1,924,006 

Williams, Will__3,614,088 

Willis, Tut W-2,561,759 

Willoby, Lon__ 

Wilson, Idius_5,065,444 

Winston, Columbus_1,924,012 

Winston, Jeff---3,587,092 

Winston, Josh _2,649,759 

Winston, Loyd_3,006,396 

Winston, Monroe..__4,757,063 

Winston, Willie W_4,757,060 

Wood, Corporal Charlie O._2,358,159 

Wood, Corporal Grady_3,582,013 

Wood, John _3,582,014 

Woodard, Claud_5,065,222 

Woodruff, Min W_5,065,228 

Woodyard, Bennie_3,5 82,015 

Woodyard, James A_1,927,978 

Woodyard, John W.__3,584,008 
















































































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Wright, Will __4,754,517 Young, Leslie.... 

Wynn, Arnett J._ 3,991,785 Young, Robert 

Yarbrough, Jim_1,923,932 


-.3,5 36,774 

__1,931,140 


Colored Soldiers Who Died in Service 

Bonner. Loveface _ LaGranee_ __3.583.307 _ _ _Tulv 31. 1919 

Roykin, Charles Emory LaGrange 

_1,974,564 

September 27, 1918 

Clemons. Sergeant Snursreon LaGranee 

4,1 33,140 

December 4, 1918 

Cole, Simon 

LaGrange 

232,648 

April 1, 1918 

Dunn, Lonzie . 

. West Point _ 


January 1, 1918 

Evans, Willie 

Hogansville 


May 11, 1918 

Heard, Willie 

_West Point_ 

_4,754,521_ 

_October 15, 1918 

Hill, Otis 

_Hogansville.. 

3,581,976 

April 11, 1919 

Howard, Willie .... 

. .. LaGrange 

__5,065,253_ 

.October 23, 1918 

Hunt. Will 

West Point 

4,133,151 

October 8, 1918 

Tenninvs. Sergeant Henrv LaGrange 

1,931,816 

July 19, 1918 

Tong, Anderson 

Hogansville 

—.1,931,587.. 

.December 19, 1918 

Nealy, Tom 

Hogansville 

_ 221,459 

February 27, 1919 

Roberts, Earl.... 

West Point 

2,651,810 

August 29, 1919 

Spearman, Ike_ 

_Trimble. _ 

_ 2,652,243 

June 10, 1919 

Stiggers, Will 

West Point 

2,655,656 

_September 29, 1918 

Tigner, Ellis 

_ LaGrange 

3,494,142 

October 6, 1918 

Towns, Marshall ... 

.LaGrange_ 

1,931,649.. 

_September 30, 1918 


























































CHAPTER XXVI. TROUP COUNTY CEMETERIES 


Alford Cemetery —LL 166 of 5th, north of West Point to Chipley road. 
Antioch Cemetery —LL 30 of 15 th, west of Antioch. 

Asbury Church Cemetery —LL 137 of 12th, west of Hammett road. 

Atchison Cemetery —LL 210 of 5 th, west of Loyd Chapel to Potts road. 
Bailey-Traylor Cemetery —LL 52 of 4th, south of Chipley road. 

Beasley Cemetery —LL 244 of 7th, north of Whitfield to Mountville road. 
Bethel Church Cemetery —LL 103 of 5th, north of Gabbettville road east. 

Big Springs Church Cemetery —LL 193 of 6th, north of Big Springs road. 
Boddie Cemetery —LL 97 of 6th, north of Mountville road. 

Boyd Cemetery —LL 295 of 5 th, north of Loyd to Potts road. 

Boyd Cemetery, John —LL 295 of 5th, north of Loyd to Potts road. 

Bradfield Cemetery —LL 202 of 7th, in Mountville. 

Brewer-McGee Cemetery —LL 22 of 4th, near Oak Grove School. 

Carter Cemetery —LL 201 of 3rd, north of old Chipley road. 

Chivers Cemetery— LL 37 of 16th, west of state line road. 

Corinth Cemetery —in Corinth north of Harrisonville. 

Culberson Cemetery, Isaac —LL 20 of 12th, north of Hogansville road west. 
Culberson Cemetery, James —LL 5 3 of 6th, west of Hammett road. 

Dallis Cemetery —LL 233 of 3rd, north of Chipley road at Troup Factory. 
Daniel Cemetery —LL 248 of 6th, north of Hardin to Pleasant Grove road. 
Duncan Cemetery —LL 237 of 3rd, west of Chipley road. 

Edmundson Cemetery —LL 118 of 4th, west of Salem road. 

Emmaus Church Cemetery, Old —LL 28 of 12 th, north of old Hogansville road. 
Estes Cemetery —LL 109 of 15th, south of Roanoke road. 

Evans Cemetery —LL 204 of 7th, south of Whitfield road east. 

Fannin Cemetery —LL 204 of 6th, east of Whitesville road. 

Farrow Cemetery —LL 171 of 3rd, south of Oak Grove road. 

Flat Shoals Cemetery— LL 78 of 4th, east of Salem road. 

Flowers Cemetery —LL 157 of 6th, north of Knott road. 

Floyd Cemetery —LL 224 of 7th, north of Stovall road. 

Fuller Cemetery —LL 48 of 4th, south of Oak Grove road. 

Gates Cemetery —LL 192 of 7th, north of Stovall road. 

Glanton Cemetery —LL 232 of 3rd, east of county line road. 

Hall Cemetery —LL 34 of 6th, south of Stovall road. 

Hardy Cemetery, Thomas— LL 245 of 3rd, east of county line road. 

Harmony Church Cemetery —LL 6 of 16th, west from Abbottsford. 

Herndon Cemetery —LL 25 3 of 7th, at Big Springs. 

Hightower Cemetery —LL 186 of 7th, southeast of Mountville. 

Hill Cemetery —LL 189 of 5 th, near Long Cane. 

Hillview Cemetery —LL 108 and 109, in LaGrange. 

Hillview Annex —LL 8 5 of 6th, in LaGrange. 

Hodnett Cemetery —North of road east from Cannonville. 

Hogan Cemetery —LL 97 of 11th, in Hogansville. 

Hogansville Cemetery —LL 98 of 11th, north of Lone Oak road. 

Hogg Cemetery— LL 98 of 5th, west of road east from Gannonville. 

Jennings Cemetery —LL 109 of 12th, east of Harrisonville road north. 


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Johnson Cemetery, Luke —LL 91 of 5th, south of Glass Bridge road. 

Johnson Cemetery, Sabourn —LL 150 of 12th, north of Hogansville road west. 

Jones Cemetery, R. H.—LL 162 of 6th, south of Knott road. 

Jones-Roberts Cemetery —LL 217 of 6th, south of Stovall road. 

Lebanon Church Cemetery —LL 225 of 4th, south of Gray Hill road. 

Liberty Hile Cemetery —LL 75 of 14th, at Liberty Hill. 

Long Cane Cemetery —LL 214 of 5 th, at Long Cane. 

Lovelace Cemetery —LL 239 of 5th, east of West Point highway. 

Loyd Chapel Cemetery —LL 152 of'5th, north of Glass Bridge road. 

McGee Cemetery —LL 220 of 6th, north of Stovall road. 

Mallory Cemetery —LL 90 of 5th, south of West Point highway. 

Marchman Cemetery —LL 126 of 6th, south of Greenville road. 

Marcus-Sledge Cemetery —LL 8 8 of 4th, east of road. 

Marseilles Cemetery —LL 284 of 5 th, in West Point. 

Marsh-Garner Cemetery —LL 132 of 3rd, west of road near Oak Grove. 

Mountville Cemetery —LL 183 of 7th, south of Greenville road. 

Newsom Cemetery —LL 137 of 6th, north of Knott road. 

Norwood Cemetery —LL 16 of 12th, north of Hogansville to Franklin road. 

O’Neal Cemetery —LL 114 of 4th, south of cross road to Salem road. 

Owens Cemetery —LL 214 of 7th, west of Hogansville to Mountville road. 

Philpot Cemetery —LL 213 of 12th, near Philpot ferry. 

Pinewood Cemetery —LL 283 of 5th, in West Point. 

Potts Cemetery— LL 308 of 5th, east of Loyd to Potts road. 

Priddy Cemetery —LL 83 of 4th, north of crossroad. 

Providence Church Cemetery, New —LL 119 of 12 th, south of Hogansville road west. 
Providence Church Cemetery, Old —LL 150 of 12th, north of Hogansville road west. 
Reid Cemetery, Samuel —LL 90 of 6th, north of Greenville road. 

Reid Cemetery, Samuel S. —LL 79 of 12th, east of Corinth to Harrisonville. 

Rogers Cemetery —LL 140 of 6th, east of Whitesville street in LaGrange. 

Salem Cemetery —LL 63 of 4th, near Salem church. 

Sample Cemetery —LL 141 of 14th, north of Antioch road. 

Sappington Cemetery —North of road east from Gabbettville. 

Scott Cemetery —LL 142 of 3rd, on old Chipley road. 

Shadowlawn Cemetery —LL 85 of 6th, in LaGrange. 

Shank Cemetery —LL 101 of 12th, east of Hammett road. 

Shepherd Cemetery —LL 77 of 12 th, north of Hogansville road west. 

Sheppard Cemetery —LL 297 of 5th, west of Gabbettville to Glass Bridge road. 

Shiloh Cemetery, Old— LL 99 of 12th, east of Hammett road. 

Sledge Cemetery, Shirley, Sr. —LL 134 of 3rd, near Oak Grove School. 

Sledge Cemetery, Shirley, Jr. —LL 218 of 6th, north of Stovall road. 

Stinson Cemetery, John —LL 140 of 12th, west of Harrisonville road north. 

Stinson Cemetery, William —LL 13 5 of 6th, north of Knott road. 

Stonewall Cemetery —LL 116 of 6th, Confederate cemetery of LaGrange. 

Strickland Cemetery —LL 80 of 14th, east of Liberty Hill. 

Sturdivant Cemetery —LL 45 of 4th, north of Oak Grove road. 

Swindall Cemetery —LL 216 of 6th, south of Chipley road. 

Talley Cemetery —LL 87 of 4th, east of Salem road. 

Tatum Chapel Cemetery —LL 74 of 5th, north of McGee Bridge road. 


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Thomason Cemetery, R. F.— LL 197 of 4th, west of Whitesville road. 

Thomason Cemetery, W. T. —LL 178 of 4th, east of Whitesville road. 

Thompson Cemetery —LL 207 of 3rd, east of Chipley road. 

Thrash Cemetery —LL 218 of 7th, south of Mountville. 

Traylor Cemetery, George —LL 243 of 5th, west of West Point highway. 

Traylor-Wright Cemetery —LL 232 of 6th, west of Chipley highway. 

Troup Factory Cemetery —LL 16 of 4th, east of Chipley highway. 

Union Cemetery —LL 200 of 5th, east of Whitesville road. 

Veale Cemetery —LL 10 of 5th, north of McGee Bridge road. 

Walker Cemetery —LL 242 of 3rd, near County Line church. 

Ware Crossroad Cemetery —LL 237 of 12th, north of crossroad to west. 

Ware Crossroad Church Cemetery — LL 237 of 12th, west of Mooty Bridge road. 
Wehadkee Baptist Church Cemetery — LL 17 of 16th, east of Glass Bridge north. 
Whatley Cemetery— LL 74 of 15 th, west of road Abbottsford north. 
Whitaker-Winston Cemetery — LL 286 of 5th, west of West Point highway. 

White Cemetery —LL 10 of 4th, near Oak Grove. 

Whitfield Cemetery —LL 29 of 6th, north of Whitfield road east. 

Wilder Cemetery —LL 114 of 14th, east of Liberty Hill road south. 

Winston Cemetery —LL 180 of 5th, north of West Point road east. 

Wisdom Cemetery— LL 63 of 4th, west of Salem road south. 

Wright Cemetery, George —LL 241 of 3rd, on County Line Church road. 

Wright Cemetery, Richard —LL 165 of 3rd, on old Chipley road. 


CHAPTER XXVII. OFFICIALS AND OLD 
CITIZENS OF TROUP COUNTY 


£71]-" HE following alphabetical list of names was secured from many dif- 
[_ ferent sources, one of which was that of the county records, another 
from the inscriptions found in the cemeteries of the county, and another 
from individual family records. Those secured from the cemeteries include 
only the names of mature persons, who were born prior to 18 50. Many 
tombs were unmarked and a few were indecipherable. 

The list of the cemeteries visited may be found in the pages preceding 
this chapter of the history. There are, perhaps, some of them omitted, but 
if that is true, the citizens of the community are unaware of their existence, 
and when discovered may be added to this list of county officials and old 
citizens by some future compiler of records. 

The name of every Troup County citizen, who has held office in the 
national, or in the state legislative bodies, is included up to the year 1933. 
The mayors and city clerks are the only municipal officers in the list. The 
county officers are all included with the exception of the County Treasurer. 
The names of some of the county surveyors, coroners, tax receivers, and 
tax collectors, do not appear in the public records prior to 1884, after which 
year the oaths of office for county officers were recorded in the minutes of 
the Court of Ordinary. 

It is suggested that some county officer be constituted the recipient of 
such missing data for the use of a future compilation, and that an annual 
summary of events be so recorded. 

Roster 

Abraham, Anderson D.—b. in Newnan Apr. 26, 1831; d. Jan. 4, 1895; m. Mary Ann Par¬ 
ham—b. July 2, 1833; d. Jan. 16 , 1912; member of Co. F-41st Ga., C. S. A.; 
promoted to Major on Apr. 30, 1863; founder of LaGrange Banking and Trust Com¬ 
pany. Hillview Cemetery. 

Adams, M. C.—b. Aug. 12, 1836; d. Oct. 22, 1917. O’Neal Cemetery. 

Adams, M. J.—b. Sep. 15, 1839; d. Dec. 18, 1915. Pinewood Cemetery. 

Adams, Z. D—b. Dec. 10, 1833; d. Mar. 15, 1902. O’Neal Cemetery. 

Alexander, Mrs. Elizabeth Cobin—b. June 1 , 1817; d. Dec. 18, 1896. Hogansville Cemetery. 
Alford, Julius C.—b. Greensboro, Ga., May 10, 1799; d. Jan. 1863; m. (1) Eliza Cook— 
b. Apr. 25, 1804; d. July 6, 1843: (m. Mar. 24, 1824); m. (2) Mrs. Margaret Ewing 
Cox—b. Oct., 1802; d. Apr., 1870; state legislator in 1833; state senator in 1835; con¬ 
gressman 1838-40, the "War Horse of Troup;” trustee of LaGrange Female Academy, 
1831; suggested the name of LaGrange for the county town; sponsored the "Alford 
Guards,” C. S. A., in Alabama. 

Alford, Lodwick—b. Feb. 2, 1775, in Wake County, N. C.; d. July 22, 1857; m. Judith 
Jackson b. Feb. 2, 1778; d. Apr. 30, 1854; Captain in war of 1812; came to Troup 
in 1829 from Greene County. Alford Cemetery. 


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Alford, William L.—b. July 12, 1816; d. Nov. 7, 1888; m. Mary A. Hutchinson—b. Jan. 

23, 1834; d. June 1, 1906, (Pinewood Cemetery). Alford Cemetery. 

Alford, Whitman Capers—b. 1822; d. Aug. 30, 1865. Alford Cemetery. 

Alfred, Barnabas Benton—b. June 23, 1817; d. July 3, 1880; a dentist from Harwinton, 
Conn. Hillview Cemetery. 

Allen, Ujanirtus C.—b. Jan. 29, 1839; Captain Co. F, 21st Ga., C. S. A., Ben Hill Infantry, 
May 31, 1862; w. Chancellorsville May 2, 1863; d. from wounds May 8, 1863. An¬ 
tioch Cemetery. 

Allison, Alexander—b. Mar. 5, 1829; d. Apr. 9, 1902; m. Samantha D. Person—b. Nov. 

2, 1837; d. Apr. 18, 1907. Mountville Cemetery. 

Allison, Mary A.—b. Aug. 31, 1804; d. Dec. 21, 1888. Mountville Cemetery. 

Allison, Milton—b. Sep. 5, 1821; d. Oct. 15, 1907. Mountville Cemetery. 

Amoss, Benjamin Bolton—b. Jones County Jan. 3, 1810; d. Dec. 1893; m. (1) Lantley I. 
Standifer; m. (2) Emery Marshall Standifer; (3) Mrs. Cornelia Chapman; quaker 
lineage; judge of Inferior Court, 1 857-58. Hillview. 

Amoss, L. T. —b. Sep. 27, 1820; d. Mar. 1872. Hillview. 

Amoss, Miss Mary Alice—b. July 8, 1843; d. Apr. 1, 1914. Hillview. 

Anderson, B. F.—b. Oct. 5, 1848; d. Mar. 29, 1910; m. Emma M.—b. May 8, 1849; d. 
Nov. 24, 1912. Pinewood. 

Anderson, John T.—b. Mar. 24, 1841; d. Dec. 5, 1910; m. Elizabeth F. Mallory—b. June 
22, 1845; d. May 8, 1907. Salem. 

Anderson, Phoebe—b. Oct. 25, 1808; d. Sep. 12, 1868. Bethel. 

Andrews, Miss F. W.—b. 1808; d. Dec. 31, 1879. Pinewood. 

Andrews, John G.—b. Feb. 11, 1815; d. Oct. 31, 1888; m. Louisa A. Hood—b. Mar. 31, 
1829; d. July 23, 1890. Pinewood. 

Andrews, Mrs. Martha—b. Oct. 22, 1840; d. Apr. 16, 1907. Hillview. 

Andrews, T. J.—City clerk of West Point, 1896-98. 

Arnold, John—lived in 12th land district; d. 1839; sheriff, 1834-3 5. 

Arnold, W. P.—City clerk of Hogansville, 1922-23. 

Ashford, George B.—b. Feb. 3, 1825; d. Apr. 22, 1853. Hillview. 

Ashford, Thomas W.—b. May 24, 1803; d. Dec. 20, 18 59; m. Sibbie—b. May 1, 1805; 
d. Dec. 8, 1889. Hillview. 

Askew, James Ferdinand—b. Coweta County, May 5, 1853; m. in 1882, Pauline Oliver— 
d. 1883; m. (2) Annie B. Oliver; mayor of Hogansville, 1902-03, 1909, 1915-22; 
banker and merchant. 

Atchison, James A.—b. Nov. 16, 1778; d. Oct 2, 1865; m. (1) Martha—d. 1837; m. (2) 
Lucindee—b. Mar. 14, 1794; d. Oct. 12, 1871. Family Cemetery. 

Atkins, William—Commissioner of West Point, 1831. 

Atkinson, Nathan Lane—b. Greene County June 21, 1814; d. July 7, 1894; m. Elizabeth 
S. Slaughter on Dec. 2, 1834; state legislator, 1861-63; author of Women’s Property 
Rights bill; judge of Inferior Court, 1861-64. 

Atkinson, Thomas A.—b. at Oakland, May 1, 1856; d. Jan. 1, 1904; m. (1) Fannie Harris; 
m. (2) Emily Willis; Superior Court solicitor, 1891-03; Superior Court judge, 1903. 
Hillview. 

Autrey, Mrs. Jane B.—b. South Carolina, Mar. 9, 1818; d. Aug. 17, 1877. Pinewood. 
Avary, Arch—Mayor of West Point, 1921-22. 


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Awtrey, John Franklin—b. Walton County, Jan. 9, 1826; d. Apr. 12, 1888; m. Mary Eliz¬ 
abeth Greene—b. Apr. 21, 1827; d. Mar. 11, 1901; Clerk of Court, 1862-66; state 
legislator, 1877-79; author of 8% legal interest; county commissioner, 1876-78; rheu¬ 
matism prevented Confederate service. Hillview. 

Bachus, Sarah—b. 1805; d. Nov. 12, 1875. Hogansville Cemetery. 

Bacon, George Meriwether—b. Sep. 7, 1847; d. Oct. 6, 1921; Lieutenant Co. E, 37th Ga., 
C. S. A. Hillview. 

Bacon, Milton E.—b. Liberty County, July 22, 1818; d. May 10, 1886; m. M. L.—June 
1, 1818; d. June 12, 18 5 8; president of Southern Female College, 1846-5 5. Hillview. 

Bacon, Thomas J.—b. Mar. 1823; d. May 31, 1862; m. George Ann Meriwether—b. Jan. 
8, 1828; d. Feb. 14, 1888; Captain in 27th Ga., C. S. A.; killed at Seven Pines; judge 
of Inferior Court, 1851-52. Hillview. 

Bailey, Charles C.—b. Virginia, Mar. 3, 1790; d. July 1 1, 1865; m. Martha H. Rowland— 
b. Feb. 17, 1785; d. Aug. 26, 1872; builder of many of Troup County ante-bellum 
homes. Bailey-Traylor Cemetery. 

Bailey, John W.—b. July 2, 1848; d. Mar. 5, 1 886. Pinewood. 

Bailey, Samuel A.—Superior Court solicitor, 1826-29; state senator, 1831; judge of Inferior 
Court, 1833-3 5. 

Bailey, William—b. Sep. 25, 1810; d. May 20, 1888. Pinewood. 

Baker, Arthur B.—b. Oct. 26, 1806; d. Aug. 27, 1868; m. Elizabeth Lovelace—b. June 
21, 1814; d. July 10, 1888. Lovelace Cemetery. 

Baker, Benjamin—b. Gwinnett County; d. Jan. 12, 1828; m. Mary, who afterward married 
Willis B. Sterling. 

Baker, James P.—County commissioner, 1890-96. 

Baker, James Scott—b. Oct. 5, 1844; d. Nov. 15, 1913; m. Nannie M. Stone—b. May 23, 
1847; d. Nov. 16, 1920; mayor of West Point, 1887; clerk of West Point, 1905. 
Pinewood. 

Ball, Frederick—b. Savannah, July 7, 1815; d. Jan. 20, 1890; m. Elizabeth Lane—b. Apr. 
26, 1835; d. July 28, 1908; LaGrange postmaster. Hillview. 

Banks, Henry—b. Aug. 31, 1845; d. June 4, 1920; m. Martha Thomas Thornton—b. 1849; 
d. 1920; Grand Master and Grand High Priest of Georgia masons. Hillview. 

Banks, Henry—b. in Connecticut, Mar. 1, 1811; d. Sep. 18, 1893; m. Mary Margaret Cox— 
b. Aug. 9, 1825; d. Aug. 3, 1910. Hillview. 

Bankston, W. Trox—state legislator, 1917-18; editor West Point News. 

Barker, N. L., Jr.—Clerk of West Point, 1927 to date. 

Barnard, John M.—b. Mar. 2, 1848; d. May 20, 1919; m. Mary L. Poythress—b. Sep. 6, 
185 8; d. July 10, 1887; Major cavalry battalion; cotton mill manager; railroad and 
express agent. Hillview. 

Barrow, John P.—b. 1848; d. 1915. Pinewood. 

Barrow, Joseph L.—b. Aug. 8, 1849; d. Nov. 30, 1921; m. Ella Callaway—b. Jan. 31, 
1850; d. June 27, 1899. Pinewood. 

Bartley, Mrs. Susan I. Whitehead—b. Apr. 8, 1841; d. May 6, 1906; wife of Rev. S. W. 
Bartley. Union. 

Bass, Cullen K.—b. Feb. 15, 1849; d. Apr. 16, 1925; m. Augusta A.—b. Jan. 16, 1847; d. 
Nov. 19, 1929. Hogansville. 

Bass, Eaton b. Virginia, Oct. 17, 1796; d. Apr. 22, 1843; m. Nancy Clay; judge of In¬ 
ferior Court, 1829-30. Died in Columbus, Ga. 

Bassett, Mrs. Eliza Jane—b. Apr. 25, 1820; d. Feb. 17, 1860; wife of R. L. Bassett. 
Antioch. 


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Bassett, Mary A.—b. Dec. 1, 1823; d. Mar. 10, 1913. Wehadkee Church. 

Bassett, Mrs. Clara B.—b. Feb. 22, 1830; d. June 11, 1876; second wife of R. L. Bassett. 
Harmony Church. 

Battle, Andrews—physician; b. South Carolina, Oct. 13, 1793; d. May 2, 1849; m. Car¬ 
oline M.—b. Sep., 1803; d. Sep. 9, 1857. Hillview. 

Battle, Mrs. Elizabeth W. Boddie—b. 1830; d. June, 1869. Boddie Cemetery. 

Baugh, John Alexander—physician; b. Hancock County, April 25, 1824; d. Dec., 1895; 
to Troup in 1845; surgeon in C. S. A.; m. Martha Ann Rutledge (nee Marcus). 
Hillview. 

Bays, Nathaniel—b. 1798; d. Apr., 1857. Old Emmaus Cemetery. 

Beall, Major Egbert—Clerk of LaGrange, 1874-78. 

Beall, Elias—d. 1836; judge of Inferior Court, 183 5-36. 

Beall, James M.—b. 1811; d. Oct. 2, 1886; m. Martha F.—b. 1824; d. Dec. 9, 1863; judge 
Inferior Court, 1836-45; judge County Court, 1879-82. Hillview. 

Beasley, Andrew Edward—physician; b. Mar. 18, 1844; d. Sep. 18, 1881; m. July 9, 1867, 
Sallie Leslie—b. May 19, 1845; d. Mar. 27, 1928 (in Hillview). Family cemetery. 
Beasley, James Albert—physician; b. Mar. 25, 1847; d. Jan. 6, 1897; m. (1) Lucy Pope 
(Family Cemetery); m. (2) Lydia Lang. Pinewood. 

Beasley, Jarrell—m. 1801, Anna Watson of Greene County; to Troup in 1834; state sen¬ 
ator, 1840. 

Beasley, Stephen Thomas—m. (1) Bettie Cook; m. (2) Grace Smith; m. (3) Kate Smith; 

state legislator, 1847; moved to Texas. 

Beasley, Andrew—physician; b. 1782; d. May 4, 1856. Family Cemetery. 

Beasley, William P.—physician; b. Feb. 10, 1812; d. Jan. 26, 1894; m. Maria Louisa Ed¬ 
wards—b. June 22, 1815; d. Jan. 15, 1856; state senator, 1855-56, 1861-63. Family 
Cemetery. 

Beeland, J. M.—b. Jan. 8, 1808; d. Aug. 7, 1895; Hogansville. 

Beeland, Mrs. Sarah S.—b. Sep. 10, 1800; d. May 7, 1879; Priddy Cemetery. 

Bell, Mrs. Nancy—b. 1780; d. July 7, 1863; Hillview. 

Beman, Carlisle P.—b. Hampton, N. Y., May 5, 1797; d. Dec. 12, 1875, in Hancock County; 
to Georgia in 1813; first president Oglethorpe University; to LaGrange in 1840; La- 
Grange High School for four years. 

Benham, William L.—b. Feb. 2, 1822; d. Aug. 15, 1901; Pinewood. 

Bennett, Bass—b. Oct. 8, 1838; d. Jan. 4, 1913; Marsh-Garner Cemetery. 

Betterton, J. M.—b. July 20, 1850; d. Apr. 29, 1925; m. Dora C.—b. Dec. 6, 1856; d. 
July 4, 1887; Liberty Hill. 

Bigham, Benjamin H.—b. June 7, 1828; d. Dec. 29, 1892; m. Mary Jane Harris—b. Nov. 
11, 1832; d. Dec. 19, 1910; state legislator, 1857-64; judge of Superior Court, 1864- 
65; Hillview. 

Bird, Joseph—b. Dec. 28, 1793; d. Jan. 30, 1853; m. Lucretia W.—b. June 5, 1805; d. 
Apr. 10, 1853; Hillview. 

Birdsong, George W.—b. Feb. 19, 1801; d. Aug. 22, 1878; Liberty Hill. 

Birdsong, J. W.—County Commissioner, 1876-78, 1888-90. 

Birdsong, W. T.—Sheriff, 1904-06. 

Black, Emma Zachry—b. Apr. 11, 1848; d. June 9, 1885; Pinewood. 

Blackmon, Martha A.—b. Feb. 22, 1836; d. Apr. 25, 1919; Pinewood. 

Blake, Mrs. Lucy—b. June 23, 1751; d. June 28, 1841; Old Emmaus. 

Blakeley, R. A., minister—b. Mar. 29, 1829; d. Mar. 27, 1893; Bethel. 

Blalock, Dr. R. H.—President Southern Female College, 1908-10. 


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Boddie, Cloe C.—b. Nov. 21, 1836; d. Apr. 15, 1901; Boddie Cemetery. 

Boddie, E. Vandalia—b. June 1 5, 1 845; d. June 10, 1906; Boddie Cemetery. 

Boddie, George Van—b. January 24, 1828; d. Apr. 23, 1907; m. Rebekah A. Scott—b. 
May, 1837; d. June, 1915; Boddie Cemetery. 

Boddie, Nathan Van—b. Wake County, N. C., Oct. 14, 1794; d. Oct. 14, 1857; m. Eliz¬ 
abeth William Battle on May 5, 1818—b. 1787; d. Jan. 7, 1861; to Troup County 
in 1828; Boddie Cemetery. 

Boddie, Thomas Alfred, physician—b. Mar. 3, 1834; d. Feb. 15, 1894; m. on Jan. 5, 1864, 
to Aley Womack Smith; judge of Inferior Court, 1866; Boddie Cemetery. 

Bond, Lewis A.—Judge of Inferior Court, 1842. 

Booker, George H.—b. July 4, 1807; d. June 1, 1884; m. Ellie—b. May 14, 1806; d. Sep., 
1875; Union. 

Booker, James—b. May 14, 1826; d. May 2, 1877; m. Louisa J.—b. Dec. 9, 1823; d. Jan. 
5, 1863; Emmaus. 

Booker, J. H.—b. Sep. 23, 1843; d. Oct. 30, 1929; m. Cornelia Helen Riser—b. Mar. 20, 
1843; d. June 24, 1924; member Company E, 46th Ga.; state legislator, 1905-06; 
mayor of West Point, 1907-08; Pinewood. 

Booker, Thomas Parham—b. Dec. 24, 183 5; d. Sep., 1862; Pinewood. 

Booker, W. E.—Mayor of West Point, 1931 to date. 

Booker, W. R.—b. Oct. 5, 1812; d. Apr. 20, 1905; Emmaus. 

Boozer, H. M. C.—b. Dec. 8, 1812; d. Jan. 10, 1890; m. Elizabeth M.—b. Apr. 25, 1836; 
d. Aug. 22, 1905; Hogansville. 

Borders, Georgia—b. Feb. 10, 1849; d. Nov. 7, 1907; Hillview. 

Borders, J. Ellie—County Commissioner, 1917-20. 

Boyd, Mrs. Elizabeth M.—b. Jan. 12, 18 30; d. May 2, 1 85 3. Atchison Cemetery. 

Boyd, John Lee—b. 1831; d. 1898. John Boyd Cemetery. 

Boyd, N. C.—b. July 23, 1833; d. Apr. 5, 1888. John Boyd Cemetery. 

Boyd, Joseph N.—Hogansville pioneer; no dates on monument, but age given as 104 years; 
wife Mary, as 96 years. Hogansville. 

Boyd, W. M.—b. 1827; d. 1919; m. Virginia—b. 1837; d. 1902. Hogansville. 

Boykin, John Thomas—b. Dec. 22, 1799; d. Apr. 13, 1869; m. Cynthia Hawkins—b. July 
4, 1805; d. July 2 5, 1887. Hillview. 

Boykin, John Thomas—b. Mar. 3, 183 5 ; d. June 25, 1901; m. Elizabeth Fuller—b. Nov. 
11, 1836; d. Apr. 14, 1914; Captain of Co. F, 21st Ga., C.S.A., Ben Hill Infantry; 
state legislator, 1 85 5-56. Hillview. 

Bradfield, Joseph—physician; b. Jan. 12, 1822; d. Sep. 24, 1893; m. Mary Jane Dix—b. 
Sep. 21, 1827; d. June 30, 1902; to Troup in 1845 from Rockingham County, N. C.; 
donated Mt. Pleasant church site. Family Cemetery. 

Bradfield, Lewis A.—physician; b. May 14, 1849; d. Nov. 12, 1891. Family Cemetery. 

Bradfield, Thomas Searcy—physician; b. Rockingham County, N. C., Feb. 1, 1833; d. 
Nov. 21, 1910; m. (1) Henrietta M. Dix—b. Mar. 5, 1833; d. July 24, 1856; m. (2) 
Mary Loyd—b. Feb. 9, 1 835; d. Dec. 10, 1911; present at Ft. Tyler; mayor of 
LaGrange, 1898. Hillview. 

Brady, Hiram K.—b. June 18, 1826; d. Mar. 20, 1896; m. Sarah N. Dye—b. Dec. 27, 1841; 
d. May 22, 1886. Hillview. 

Brady, Richard H.—b. 1795; d. 1870; m. Lottie Smith—b. 1798; d. 1877. Long Cane. 

Brady, H. N.—Sheriff of Troup County, 1898-04; 1924 to date. 

Bray, Mrs. Isabella D. L.—b. Apr. 22, 1824; d. Dec. 20, 18 59; wife of W. C. Bray. Boddie 
Cemetery. 


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Brazell, Henry D.—b. Feb. 16, 1845; d. Nov. 20, 1916; m. Permelia Florence Culpepper— 
b. June 15, 1849; d. Mar. 9, 1923. Hogansville. 

Brewer, Alfred—member of Company B, 60th Ga., C. S. A., Fannin Guards. Family 
Cemetery. 

Brittain, John—b. Aug. 1 5, 1833; d. May 20, 1896; m. Cynthia Elizabeth—b. Sep. 1, 
1844; d. Nov. 3, 1910. Liberty Hill. 

Britton, J. W.—b. Apr. 16, 1842; d. Oct. 1, 1914. Whatley Cemetery. 

Britton, Mrs. M. A.—b. 1780; d. July 7, 1804; wife of J. H. Britton. Wilder Cemetery. 

Brook, Charles S.—b. Apr. 9, 1842; d. Oct. 26, 1908. Hogansville. 

Brook, Joshua L.—b. Jan. 1, 1849; d. Feb. 4, 1913. Mountville. 

Brook, J. M.—b. Feb. 14, 1836; d. Oct. 12, 1900; m. Mary J. Moore—b. Mar. 18, 1843; 
d. June 20, 1906. Corinth. 

Brooks, William—Revolutionary soldier; drew LL 236 of 5th, and bought LL 269 of 5th; 
latter passed into hands of John Brooks, a kinsman. 

Broome, James Andrew—b. Nov. 27, 1839; d. May 7, 1917; m. Ida Cary—b. Apr. 29, 
1853 ; d. Aug. 29, 1929. Hillview. 

Broome, John Rufus—b. Jan. 22, 1824; d. July 17, 1910. Hillview. 

Broome, Rufus—pioneer; b. in Nash County, N. C., 1783; d. Jan. 1, 185 5; came to Troup 
from Newborn, Ga.; trustee LaGrange Female Academy; married Nancy Ann Wil¬ 
liams Pitts on April 4, 1820; b. Aug. 28, 1798; d. Aug. 3 1, 1857. Hillview Cemetery. 

Broughton, Edward—contractor; b. Oct. 9, 1804; d. May 12, 1879; built part of Atlanta 
and West Point railroad; married Sarah A.—b. Nov. 19, 1811; d. Feb. 22, 18 80. Hill¬ 
view Cemetery. 

Brown, Benjamin Holmes—b. June 3, 1848; d. Oct. 2 5, 1906; buried at Providence Church 
Cemetery. 

Brown, Catherine—b. Aug. 2, 1802; d. Oct. 20, 18 54. Evans Cemetery. 

Brown, Lydia—b. Sep. 10, 1820; d. Sep. 10, 1899. Old Providence Cemetery. 

Brown, Robert C.—Englishman; founder of Brownwood school. 

Brown, Robert W.—b. Sep. 5, 1805; d. Feb. 10, 1891; married Elizabeth T.—b. Aug. 14, 
1814; d. Sep. 4, 1862. Old Shiloh Cemetery. 

Brown, Thomas C.—b. Jan. 1, 1801; d. Dec. 20, 1847. Hillview Cemetery. 

Brown, W. J.—b. Feb. 24, 1847; d. Dec. 24, 1930; married Addie Willis—b. Aug. 15, 
1849; d. Dec. 23, 1931. Mountville Cemetery. 

Brown, William—b. in Scotland; 61 years of age, no dates; married Ellen—b. Feb. 14, 
1825; d. Sep. 29, 1886. Pinewood Cemetery. 

Brown, William—b. Oct. 9, 1848; d. Oct. 10, 1909. Pinewood Cemetery. 

Brown, William F.—president of Southern Female College, 1910-12. 

Browning, Robert M.—planter; no dates known; married Sarah—b. Mar. 1, 1 803; d. July 
1, 1907. Mrs. Browning buried in Hillview Cemetery. 

Bruce, Mrs. A. Blakeley—b. Nov. 8, 1845; d. Jan. 10, 1925. Bethel Church. 

Bruce, W. P.—b. Apr. 27, 18 56; d. Aug. 19, 1912; married Emmaline—b. Apr. 19, 1841; 
d. Feb. 22, 1920. Hillview Cemetery. 

Bryant, H. T.—b. Oct. 23, 1849; d. Oct. 4, 1919; married Bettie E. Middlebrooks—b. 
Feb. 13, 18 54; d. Oct. 18, 1918. Salem Cemetery. 

Bryant, William L.—b. July 22, 1835; d. Sep. 1, 1910; married Sarah E.—b. Sep. 21, 1839; 
d. Nov. 20, 1915. Salem cemetery. 


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Bull, Gustavus Adolphus—b. Mar. 18, 183 5; d. June 1, 1862; 2nd Lt. Co. B, 4th Ga., 
C. S. A., Apr. 26, 1861; resigned Oct. 17, 1861; Lieutenant Colonel of 35th Ga., 
Oct. 15, 1861; wounded at Seven Pines May 31, 1862; died from wounds on June 
1, 1862. 

Bull, Orville Augustus—lawyer; b. July 22, 1806; d. Feb. 19, 1868; state legislator 1837; 
judge Superior Court, 18 55-61; married Martha Ann—b. February 24, 1810; d. Apr. 
1 5, 1895. Hillview Cemetery. 

Bull, Orville Augustus, Jr.—lawyer; solicitor County Court, 1876-78; state legislator, 
1880-81; County School Commissioner, 1885-01; clerk of LaGrange, 1891-92; married 
Ella Marcus. Hillview Cemetery. 

Burdette, John G.—b. Dec. 10, 1811; d. Nov. 5, 1887; married Frances—b. June 3, 1817; 
d. May 17, 18 89. Pinewood Cemetery. 

Burdette, Mrs. Clementine A. Lesley—b. Feb. 28, 1842; d. Mar. 10, 1914; wife of J. W. 
Burdette. Pinewood Cemetery. 

Burch, E. P.—president of LaGrange Female College in 1871-72. 

Burks, Wiley P.—married Frances—b. Jan. 29, 1814; d. Feb. 7, 18 59. Hillview Cemetery. 

Burks, Wiley P.—b. Nov. 16, 1846; d. Jan. 23, 1912. Hillview Cemetery. 

Burks, Joseph Hinton—b. July 18, 1832; d. Oct. 21, 1899. Hillview Cemetery. 

Burks, Robert Lewis—b. Mar. 21, 1849; d. July 4, 1914; married Mary Susannah Hardy— 
b. Sep. 21, 185 5; d. May 5, 1919. Hillview Cemetery. 

Burney, Caroline E.—b. Aug. 9, 1824; d. Sep. 27, 1892. Pinewood Cemetery. 

Burney, E. L.—b. Aug. 18, 1844; d. Jan. 24, 1918. Pinewood Cemetery. 

Butts, Elizabeth Antoinette—b. Sep. 9, 1840; d. Apr. 5, 1910. Salem Cemetery. 

Butts, W. J.—b. July 4, 1840; d. July 8, 1892; member Fannin Guards, Co. B, 60th Ga., 
C. S. A.; lost leg at Hatchers Run, Feb. 5, 1865. Tax Receiver for Troup County, 
1891-92. O’Neal Cemetery. 

Burnham, Hutchinson—Commissioner of West Point, 1 83 5. 

Bradfield, Mrs. M. C.—b. 1798; d. 18 5 5. Long Cane Cemetery. 

Caldwell, George W.—b. Mar. 12, 1824; d. May 23, 1902. Corinth Cemetery. 

Caldwell, John H.—state legislator, 1868-70; judge 37th District Court, 1870-71. 

Callaway, Abner R.—minister; b. Feb. 6, 1832; d. Sep. 23, 1893; married Sarah—b. Dec. 
28, 183 5; d. Sep. 10, 1879. Hillview Cemetery. 

Callaway, Andrew W.—b. Apr. 4, 185 3; d. Sep. 4, 1908; married Julia Billingslea—b. Feb. 
22, 1852; d. Apr. 17, 1933. Hillview Cemetery. 

Callaway, Claiborn W.—b. Oct. 5, 1848; d. July 2, 1903; married Ella B.—b. Apr. 12, 
18 58; d. Feb. 27, 1920. Pinewood Cemetery. 

Callaway, Enoch—physician; b. July 26, 1853; d. Sep. 21, 1901; married Fannie Banks; 
mayor of LaGrange, 1895-97. Hillview Cemetery. 

Callaway, Fuller Earl—industrialist; b. July 15, 1870; d. Feb. 12, 1928; m. Apr. 28, 1891, 
Ida J. Cason; Governor’s staff, 1903-07; Railroad Commissioner, 1907-08; president 
Cotton Manufacturers Association. Hillview. 

Callaway, Howard Robert—b. Jan. 16, 1857; d. May 4, 1927; married Lula Cary—b. May 
30, 1861; d. July 16, 1922. Hillview Cemetery. 

Callaway, Jesse Mercer—minister; b. Nov. 4, 18 30; d. May 11, 1908; County Commis¬ 
sioner, 1894-06; married Nancy Victoria—b. June 3, 1838; d. Feb. 5, 1920. Pine¬ 
wood Cemetery. 

Callaway, Dr. Morgan—minister and teacher; president of LaGrange Female College, 
1869-71. 


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Callaway, S. Pope—minister and editor; b. Aug. 12, 1842; d. Mar. 17, 1896; editor of 
LaGrange Reporter; married Ellen Patillo of West Point; buried in Hillview Cemetery. 

Calloway, Enoch. Dates not given. Hogansville Cemetery. 

Cameron, David B.—b. May 29, 1798; d. Sep. 13, 1849; married Mary—b. 1801; d. 1875. 
Long Cane Cemetery. 

Cameron, James—RS; b. Apr. 24, 1761; d. Apr. 17, 1840; married Sarah—b. Mar. 24, 1768; 
d. Dec. 16, 18 JO. Long Cane Cemetery. 

Cameron, James H.—b. July 24, 1800; d. June 11, 18J0; married Emily S. Castleberry— 
b. Feb. 14, 1814; d. Jan. 31, 1899. Long Cane Cemetery. 

Cameron, Thomas—b. Apr. 26, 1796; d. Sep. 1J, 18J9; married Nancy—b. July 30, 1796; 
d. Dec. 12, 185 5. Long Cane Cemetery. 

Cameron, Benjamin H.—contractor; Captain of Sallie Fannie Reid Guards, C. S. A.; state 
legislator, 1842, 1847, 18J4; judge Inferior Court, 1836-43, 1857-60. 

Carley, John F.—sheriff of Troup County, 1920-24. 

Carlisle, W. J.—Tax Receiver, 1907-10. 

Carleton, John N.—b. Oct. 23, 1829; d. Apr. 6, 1898; m. Angelet M.—b. Jan. 8, 1838; 
d. Dec. 10, 1905; state legislator, 1888-89. Mountville. 

Carleton, Olin—b. Feb. 14, 1859; d. Dec. 10, 1927. Mountville. 

Carter, Benjamin F.—County Commissioner, 1905-06; m. (1) Cyrena W.—b. Oct. 1, 1863; 
d. Sep. 9, 1894; m. (2) Cerro Gordo—b. Dec. 2, 1849; d. Apr. 20, 1917. Liberty 
Hill. 

Carter, George H.—b. Feb. 14, 18 56; d. Jan. 11, 1898; m. Elizabeth—b. Sep. 20, 1858; d. 
Feb. 12, 1920. Family Cemetery. 

Cary, Henry Ernest—b. Jan. 7, 1854; d. Oct. 30, 1903; m. Sallie Boykin—b. Oct. 9, 1860; 
d. Apr. 18, 1919. Hillview. 

Cary, Henry Hamilton—b. Dec. 4, 1820; d. Mar. 27, 1899; m. Mary Jane—b. Feb. 12, 
1828; d. June 6, 1872; Ordinary, 1868-72. Hillview. 

Cason, Alexander Toombs—b. Jan. 24, 1845; d. Feb. 21, 1918; m. Olivia Jewell—b. Nov. 
27, 1849; d. Apr. 13, 1921. Hillview. 

Cassels, Mrs. S. J.—b. May 12, 1830; d. Jan. 31, 1907. Liberty Hill. 

Cato, Daniel Ethelbert—b. Mar. 26, 1830; d. Sep. 12, 1909; m. Mary A.—b. Dec 17, 
1830; d. Jan. 13, 1897. Hogansville. 

Cato, William W.—b. 1826; d. 1893; Lieutenant Colonel 37th Ga.; state legislator, 1871- 
72; county commissioner, 1878-83; tax collector, 1889-93; Captain Co. K, 2nd Cav., 
C. S. A. Hogansville. 

Caudle, Turner H.—b. May 3, 1847; d. Aug. 9, 1930; m. Sarah Francis Hall—b. June 15, 
1849; d. Apr. 19, 1917. Hillview. 

Chappell, Henry—b. Jan. 18, 1805; d. Mar. 3, 1852. Tatum Chapel. 

Charles, Hugh—b. Mar. 16, 1850; d. May 3, 1890. Pinewood. 

Chisholm, Fortune N.—b. July 1, 1809; d. Oct. 1 5, 1878; m. Arrie—b. June 17, 1819; 
d. Mar. 2, 1911. Pinewood. 

Chivers, Elizabeth—b. 1769; d. June 28, 1845. Family Cemetery. 

Chivers, Joel M.—state legislator, 1841-42; judge of Inferior Court, 1854. 

Chivers, Henry Thomas—b. Aug. 16, 1806; d. Oct. 7, 1839. Family Cemetery. 

Christopher, Robert L.—b. Nov. 22, 1832; d. Feb. 25, 1915; m. Margaret S. Johnson— 
b. Feb. 14, 1831; d. Feb. 11, 1892. Johnson Cemetery. 

Clark, Mrs. Sarah E. Ransom—b. Nov. 29, 1840; d. M^r. 27, 1883; wife of J. T. Clark. 
Union. 

Clark, Daniel M.—County surveyor, 1850. 


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Clark, H. R.—Tax receiver, 1883-90, 1893-94. 

Clark, Leonard H.—State legislator, 1843. 

Clark, William H.—b. Sep. 6, 1829; d. Oct. 10, 1886; state legislator, 1871-72; m. Rhoda 
Stanley—b. Jan. 18, 1836; d. Jan. 4, 1924. Pinewood. 

Cleaveland, Elisha Pitman—b. Dec. 23, 1848; d. June 13, 1924; m. Hassie E.—b. Feb. 

22, 1843; d. Sep. 14, 1889. Providence Church. 

Cleaveland, John Oliver—b. Dec. 27, 1843; d. Mar. 3, 1923; m. Margaret Burford—b. 
Oct. 12, 1849; d. May 16, 1934. 

Cleaveland, Joseph H.—b. Sep. 26, 1841; d. Dec. 3, 1902. Hillview. 

Cleaveland, Larkin G.—b. Feb. 9, 1828; d. Apr. 19, 1910; m. Susan F.—b. Sep. 3, 1840; 

d. Nov. 29, 1909; county commissioner, 1888-89, 1892-96. Hillview. 

Cleaveland, Oliver G.—b. May 3, 1806; d. June 2, 1873; m. Marcy L.—b. Sep. 21, 1813; 
d. Feb. 10, 1877. Corinth. 

Cleaveland, William L.—Clerk of Superior Court, 1896-14. 

Cline, Charles Edwin—b. June 3, 1836; d. Sep. 23, 1907; m. Louise Johnson—b. Nov. 4, 
1832; d. July 19, 1924. Loyd Chapel. 

Cofield, Green—b. Jan. 3, 1814; d. May 1 3, 183 9. Harmony Church. 

Cofield, Grissom—b. June 2, 1811; d. Aug. 11, 1830; m. Mary E.—b. Nov. 16, 1823; d. 
July 18, 18 30. Harmony Church. 

Cofield, Warren—b. Oct. 9, 1819; d. Aug. 13, 1830; m. Mary Louise—b. Apr. 13, 1826; 

d. Nov. 7, 18 38. Harmony Church. 

Cofield, Willis—b. Jan. 15, 1815; d. Apr. 21, 1850. Harmony Church. 

Cofield, Willis—b. Mar. 10, 1778; d. Nov. 9, 1850; m. Mahulda—b. 1781; d. Feb., 1873. 
Harmony Church. 

Cofield, Willis T.—County Commissioner, 1917-20. 

Cohen, J. T.—b. Aug. 31, 1834; d. Oct. 28, 1885. Hogansville. 

Collins, Eli Jordan—b. July 29, 1846; d. Mar. 5, 1922; m. George Belle Erwin—b. July 
14, 1853; d. June 25, 1920; mayor West Point, 1899-02. Pinewood. 

Collins, William—b. Sep. 11, 1829; d. Dec. 19, 1886. Pinewood. 

Cook, Beverly C.—b. May 26, 1835; d. Oct. 11, 1904; m. Anna Reid—b. Nov. 17, 1842; 

d. Mar. 10, 1918; state legislator, 1880-81; county commissioner, 1876-78. Lone Cane. 
Colquitt, Walter T.—b. Virginia, Dec. 29, 1799; d. Macon, May 7, 185 5 ; m. Nancy H. 
Lane of Newton County; judge Superior Court, 1826-32; a state senator; congress¬ 
man, 1839-40, 1842-43; U. S. senator, 1843-48; a summer resident of LaGrange. 
Connor, W. C.—President of LaGrange Female College, 1857-59. 

Cook, Mrs. Frances—b. May 7, 1821; d. Mar. 3 1, 1 85 3; wife of James R. Cook. Hillview. 
Cook, Martha—b. June 1, 1796; d. July 10, 1859. George Traylor Cemetery. 

Cook, Nathan M.—b. Sep. 13, 1830; d. Apr. 14, 1911; m. Maria Sheppard—b. Sep. 28, 
1847; d. Sep. 15, 1871. Long Cane. 

Cook, Thomas I.—Judge of Inferior Court, 1837-41. 

Cooley, Mrs. Bettie Lynch Goss—b. Mar. 10, 1843; d. Aug. 25, 1908. Liberty Hill. 
Cooley, W. E.—b. Aug. 9, 1 835; d. June 22, 1903; m. R. J.—b. Feb. 6, 1846; d. May 11, 
1892. Strickland Cemetery. 

Cooper, Calvin F.—b. Sep. 21, 1844; d. Jan. 28, 1899. Hillview. 

Cooper, John N.—Mayor of LaGrange, 1877-79. 

Cooper, John William—b. 1821; d. 1905; m. Florella A. Hill—b. 1826; d. 1895. Pinewood. 
Cooper, William H.—b. Virginia, July 1, 1806; d. Dec. 24, 1890; m. Eliza Fall—b. Sep. 

6, 1808; d. Oct. 25, 1 893; to Troup in 1828; sheriff of Troup, 1862-66. Hillview. 
Corbin, Lyman W.—b. 1806; d. Nov. 3, 1844. Hogansville. 


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Costley, Synott J.—b. Aug. 24, 1841; d. Jan. 22, 1909. Pinewood. 

Cotton, Mrs. Ann E. Buford—b. Sep. 30, 1816; d. Jan. 29, 1893; wife of Rev. J. G. 
Cotton. Pinewood. 

Cotton, William H.—b. Oct. 29, 1822; m. Angelina F. Thomas—b. Aug. II, 1836; d. Mar. 
6, 1909. Bethel Church. 

Cotton, W. M. C.—b. May 1, 1842; d. Sep. 3, 1910. Hillview. 

Covin, John Henry—b. Jan. 8, 1839; d. Nov. 13, 1916; m. Sarah Menefee—b. 1849; d. 

1930; county surveyor, 1883-94, 1902-09; county commissioner, 1896-98. Hogansville. 
Covin, William W.—b. Jan. 30, 1843; d. Jan. 11, 1933. Hogansville. 

Cox, Albert Ewing—b. Feb. 22, 1819; d. July 21, 1896; m. Juliet Warren Alford—b. Jan. 
16, 1824; d. Aug. 29, 1879. Hillview. 

Cox, Albert H.—b. Dec. 23, 1848; present at Ft. Tyler; Superior Court solicitor, 1872-73; 

state legislator, 1877-79; delegate to national democratic convention, 1888, 1908. 

Cox, Charles Carson—b. Apr. 16, 1864; d. May 21, 1903; president of Southern Female 
College, 1887-93. Hillview. 

Cox, Daniel Dillon—minister; b. Mar. 4, 1819; d. Aug. 17, 1889; m. Anne Adelia Bull— 
b. July 2, 1836; d. Mar. 27, 1913. Hillview. 

Cox, I. F.—b. Upson County, Jan. 2, 1830; d. June 13, 1887; president Southern Female 
College, 18 37-87; president LaGrange Female College, 1866-69, while the colleges were 
united. Hillview. 

Cox, Lewis—b. Oct. 24, 1799; d. June 18, 1881; m. Martha Evans—b. 1808; d. May 8, 
1832; m. (2) Sarah Adeline Partridge—died in Texas; buried there. Evans Cemetery. 
Cox, Orville Gustavus—m. Mary Latham; mayor LaGrange, 1903-04; editor of LaGrange 
Graphic; author of poems. Hillview. 

Cox, Preston—b. Nov. 27, 1849; d. Nov. 13, 1908. Pinewood. 

Cox, R. T.—b. Apr. 4, 1820; d. Jan. 10, 1897; m. M. M.—b. Nov. 30, 1829; d. Mar. 31, 
1911. Mountville. 

Cox, William C.—b. Jan. 10, 1824; d. Jan. 10, 1891. Pinewood. 

Craig, John E.—b. June 18, 1801; d. July 23, 1873; m. Katherine S.—b. Aug. 10, 1807; d. 
July 3, 1904. Samuel S. Reid Cemetery. 

Craig, James Newton—b. July 3, 1840; d. Mar. 29, 1913; m. Martha A.—b. Nov. 30, 1837; 

d. Sep. 20, 1877; m. (2) Laura J.—b. Sep. 7, 1844; d. Feb. 10, 1911. Corinth. 
Crawford, Mrs. Mary Cecelia—b. Apr. 16, 1840; d. Dec. 10, 1880; wife of J. J. Crawford. 
Pinewood. 

Crenshaw, Thomas C.—State legislator, 1884. 

Crenshaw, William A.—b. Oct. 4, 1811; d. Feb. 11, 1891; m. Mary—b. Feb. 10, 1833; d. 
Oct. 8, 1898. Estes Cemetery. 

Croft, George Newton—b. Oct. 9, 1839; d. Feb. 10, 1921; m. Charlotte Elmore Cherry— 
b. Mar. 20, 1842; d. Apr. 23, 1916. Pinewood. 

Croft, Mrs. Fannie E. Roberts—b. Aug. 27, 1849; d. Apr. 9, 1907; wife of L. L. Croft. 
Pinewood. 

Crowder, Thomas G.—b. July 3, 1842; d. Apr. 14, 1916; m. Martha Mathilda—b. June 20, 
1846; d. Mar. 13, 1904. Harmony Church. 

Culberson, Alonzo Brown—b. Feb. 27, 1827; d. Mar. 26, 1832. Family Cemetery. 
Culberson, Isaac—b. Oct. 30, 1784; d. Nov. 24, 1829; m. Mary—b. Nov. 19, 1787; d. 
Aug. 28, 1833. Family Cemetery. 

Culberson, James P.—m. Sarah M.—b. Aug. 10, 1788; d. Aug. 20, 1861; state senator, 
1841; judge Inferior Court, 1828-32. Family Cemetery. 


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Culberson, John Pope—b. Mar. 10, 1819; d. Oct. 17, 1912; m. Romelia Bird—b. Feb. 9, 
1836; d. Mar. 27, 1913; state legislator, 1849-50. Hillview. 

Cunningham, Mrs. Ursula A. Hardy—b. Dec. 28, 1832; d. Nov. 10, 1897; buried in Thomas 
Hardy Cemetery. 

Cunningham, William M.—minister; d. Mar. 3, 1870; m. Martha J.—b. June 21, 1816; d. 
Sep. 9, 1887. Hillview. 

Curtright, John C.—Captain Co. E, 41st Ga., C. S. A., Troup Light Guards; killed at Per- 
ryville, Ky., Oct. 8, 1862. 

Curtright, Samuel—b. Jan. 10, 1806; d. 1864; m. on July 5, 1832, to Barbary McCoy 
Howell—b. Feb. 9, 1811; state legislator, 1840-41; ordinary 185 8-64. Hillview. 

Dallis, George Elbert—b. Sep. 27, 1855; d. Aug. 10, 1913; m. Bettie Render. Hillview. 
Dallis, George T.—b. Nov. 25, 1850; d. Mar. 27, 1909; m. Jennie Morgan—b. May 12, 
1 856; d. Sep. 6, 1899. Hillview. 

Dallis, Hulbert W.—b. Dec. 28, 1819; d. Jan. 5, 1883; m. Nancy—b. Jan. 6, 1827; d. 
June 7, 1883. Hillview. 

Dallis, Hulbert W.—b. Jan. 28, 1828; d. Oct. 9, 1886; m. Ann S.—b. Nov. 27, 1826; d. 
May 17, 1906. Hillview. 

Dallis, Leslie W.—b. Feb. 6, 1848; d. Jan. 3, 1903; m. Lou Leslie. Hillview. 

Dallis, Roy—b. Sep. 15, 1872; d. Jan. 19, 1928; m. Ruth Evans; county surveyor, 1905- 
06, 1911-12. Hillview. 

Dallis, Virgil E.—b. June 2, 18 52; d. Nov. 2, 1928; m. Estelle Park—b. Aug. 16, 1853; d. 

Nov. 21, 1901; county commissioner, 1905-06, 1911-12. Hillview. 

Daniel, D. I.—Clerk of Hogansville, 1911-14. 

Daniel, Edmund—b. Jan. 24, 1866; d. May 24, 1930; county commissioner, 1921-30. Hill¬ 
view Annex. 

Daniel, G. G.—Mayor of Hogansville, 1924-30. 

Daniel, James—b. Nov. 24, 1832; d. June 6, 1919; m. Virginia Jennings—b. Feb. 8, 1837; 

d. Apr. 24, 1905. Daniel Cemetery. 

Daniel, James B.—State legislator, 1921-27. 

Daniel, John—b. June 19, 1841; d. July 15, 1915; m. Susan E. Philpot—b. Dec. 31, 1844; 
d. Nov. 1, 1898. Hogansville. 

Daniel, Mrs. Mary Virginia—b. Jan. 10, 1853; d. Oct. 3, 1902; wife of A. J. Daniel. 
Hogansville. 

Dansby, William Durham—b. Jan. 11, 1839; d. Aug. 26, 1876; m. M. B. Sappington on 
Feb. 24, 1864. Sappington Cemetery. 

Dansby, William F.—b. Feb. 8, 1811; d. Aug. 15, 1899; m. Elizabeth. Fiillview. 

Darden, J. H.—County commissioner, 1829-32. 

Darden, John H. W.—b. Feb. 19, 1827; d. Mar. 26, 1892; m. Mary Jane Rebecca Lane— 
b. June 14, 1835; d. Mar. 28, 1919. Loyd Chapel. 

Darden, J. S. M.—b. July 6, 1833; d. Dec. 29, 1903; m. Georgia A—b. July 24, 1842; d. 

Dec. 2 5, 1915. Corinth. 

Darden, William C.—Judge Inferior Court, 185 8. 

Darden, Willis—State legislator, 1839-40. 

Davidson, Albert—b. Feb. 4, 1812; d. Jan. 27, 1895; m. Cornelia—b. Oct. 19, 1829; d. 
Mar. 6, 1911. Pinewood. 

Davidson, Columbus F.—b. July 10, 1848; d. Mar. 5, 1926; wife—b. Mar. 2, 1854; d. Mar. 
2, 1926. Hillview Annex. 

Davidson, Elias—b. Oct. 26, 1813; d. Jan. 22, 1893; m. L. J.—b. Sep. 26, 1825; d. Aug- 
22, 1906. Bethel Church. 


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Davidson, John—drew Land Lot No. 191 of 12th District as revolutionary soldier, but 
lived in southern part of Fifth District. 

Davidson, J. C., minister—b. Feb. 8, 1844; d. Nov. 29, 1905; m. Jane Lovelace—b. 1847; 
d. 1922. Pinewood. 

Davies, Miss Daisy—President of LaGrange Female College, 1915-20. 

Davis, Mrs. Arrie Phillips—b. Feb. 17, 1851; d. Feb. 28, 1879. Hogansville. 

Davis, Daniel—owned first store in Hogansville, and was postmaster. 

Davis, Duke—b. May 23, 1890 in Harris County; m. Mrs. Lucile Artley (nee Fleming); 
judge of City Court, 1919-24; state legislator, 1931 to date. 

Davis, Mrs. Etta Cooper—b. Feb. 15, 1853; d. Dec. 4, 1919. Hillview. 

Davis, Joel E.—b. Dec. 15, 1819; d. Dec. 20, 1878; m. (1) Elizabeth S.—b. June 11, 1847; 
m. (2) Mary F.—d. Jan. 1, 1881. Stinson Cemetery. 

Davis, Lyman C.—b. Feb. 13, 1847; d. Jan. 24, 1917; m. Jennie Cooper—b. Aug. 3, 1860; 
d. Nov. 11, 1908. Loyd Chapel. 

Davis, S. A.—Mayor of Hogansville, 1904-06. 

Davis, Silas N.—b. Mar. 3, 1797; d. Mar. 23, 1871; m. Jane Amanda—b. May 25, 1819; 
d. Mar. 5, 1906. Hogansville. 

Davis, Thomas—Sheriff of Troup County, 18 52-5 3. 

Davis, W. G.—Mayor of Hogansville, 1911-14. 

Dawson, John E.—Founder of Southern Female College, of which he was president, 1842-46. 

Dean, John Thomas—b. Sep. 27, 1847; d. July 7, 1918; m. Naomi E.—b. June 6, 1852; 
d. Nov. 18, 1915. Wehadkee Church. 

DeLoach, C. A.—b. Aug. 2, 1842; d. Dec. 31, 1926; m. Mary E.—b. Feb. 7, 1845; d. Aug. 
2, 1921. Wehadkee Church. 

DeLoach, Thomas—b. Apr. 1, 1806; d. July 16, 1892. Hillview. 

Dennis, Hiram—b. Nov. 20, 1804; d. May 11, 1887; m. (1) Nancy Howard—b. Nov. 13, 
1806; d. July 6, 1869; m. (2) Susan A. L. Brady—b. May 13, 1827; d. Feb. 6, 1875; 
m. (3) Mary J. Horne—b. July 24, 1831; d. Apr. 14, 1881; judge of Inferior Court, 
1863-64. Lebanon Church. 

Dennis, Jacob—b. Apr. 13, 1805; d. Oct. 29, 1880. Pinewood. 

Dickey, James—b. 1822; d. 1873; m. Maria M.—b. 1826; d. 1888. Long Cane. 

Dickinson, F. M.—b. Mar. 7, 1853; d. Jan. 19, 1906. Hillview. 

Dickson, M. A.—b. 1821; d. Feb. 14, 1907; m. Martha P.—b. June 30, 1830; d. May 12, 
1902. Pinewood. 

Dillard, Miles H., minister—b. May 17, 1853; d. Oct. 2, 1898. Hillview. 

Dix, Alonza L.—Tax receiver of Troup County, 1897-00. 

Dix, James T.—b. June 13, 1800; d. Nov. 27, 1858. Hillview. 

Dixon, Mrs. Frances Fleming—b. Mar. 10, 1842; d. Oct. 2, 1919; wife of Rev. R. W. 
Dixon. Pinewood. 

Dobbins, John T., physician—b. Jan. 18, 1834; d. Nov. 8, 1886; m. Sarah E. Dupree—b. 
Feb. 20, 1837; d. July 15, 1887. Pinewood. 

Dodd, Francis Jefferson, minister—b. June 9, 1857; d. Mar. 18, 1927; m. Etta Cleaveland. 
Hillview. 

Dougherty, Robert—LaGrange pioneer, judge of Inferior Court, 1 83 5; state legislator, 
1835-38. 

Dougherty, William—b. in Clark County; d. at Atlanta; m. on Aug. 18, 1830, to Achsah 
L. Turner; state legislator, 1828; state senator, 1833-34; buried in Oakland Cemetery 
at Atlanta. 


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Douglas, John F.— Judge of Inferior Court, 1843-50, 1855. 

Dozier, Ebenezer Newton—b. July 9, 1864; d. Oct. 7, 1907; m. Pearl Loyd; state legis¬ 
lator, 1902-03. Loyd Chapel. 

Dozier, Nathan Bell—b. Warren County Apr. 26, 1813; d. May 27, 1893; m. (2) Sarah 
Catherine Newton—b. Dec. 6, 1829; d. Nov. 14, 1911; m. (1) Margaret A.—b. Sep. 
5, 1821; d. May 21, 1851; judge Inferior Court, 1853-54, 1859-64. To Troup from 
Muscogee County. Hillview Cemetery. 

Dozier, Woody—judge Inferior Court, 183 1-32. 

Dudley, Peter—kept the first tavern or inn in West Point. 

Duke, Noah W.—member Co. B, 60th Ga., C. S. A.; d. in Savannah; no dates and buried at 
Flat Shoals Church. 

Duke, W. C.—b. Oct. 14, 1835; d. Jan. 2, 1907. Corinth Cemetery. 

Duncan, Mrs. Annie—b. 1787; d. July 19, 1879; wife of Edmund Duncan; buried in Dun¬ 
can Cemetery. 

Duncan, Joseph L.—b. Oct. 1, 183 5; d. July 7, 1900; m. Nancy A. Clemans—b. Oct. 16, 
1834; d. June 27, 1908. Hillview Cemetery. 

Dunn, Euphrates N.—b. Nov. 23, 1839; d. Feb. 10, 1920; m. Erin Eola—b. Apr. 9, 1859; 
d. Apr. 23, 1905. Pinewood Cemetery. 

Dunson, Joseph Eugene—banker; b. June 9, 1865; d. May 12, 1916; m. Mary Lee Abraham 
on Mar. 5, 1886; trustee of LaGrange Female College and of 4th District A. & M. 
school. Hillview Cemetery. 

Dunson, James Walker—b. Oct. 8, 1850; d. Oct. 26, 1885. Flowers Cemetery. 

Dunson, Otis Augustus—b. July 3, 1853; d. June 10, 1922; m. Annulette Ball—b. May 
16, 1861; d. Oct. 7, 1929; cotton manufacturer and capitalist. Hillview Cemetery. 

Dunson, Sanford Harris—b. July 11, 1828; d. Mar. 10, 1888; m. Susannah Elizabeth Goss— 
b. Jan. 8, 1832; d. Sep. 26, 1876; county commissioner, 1882-86. Liberty Hill 
Cemetery. 

Dunson, Sanford H.—Mayor of LaGrange, 1919-23. 

Dunson, Walker—b. Oct. 3, 1806; d. June 30, 1869; m. (1) Mary A.—b. Nov. 8, 1807; 
d. (O’Neal Cemetery) Jan. 23, 1841; m. (2) Margaret—b. Apr. 7, 1807; d. Nov. 15, 
1878. Liberty Hill Cemetery. 

Dunson, Walton C. M.—b. Jan. 10, 1839; d. Nov. 27, 1861. O’Neal Cemetery. 

Dunson, Mrs. E. E.—b. Mar. 24, 1831; m. William M. Dunson Oct., 1849; d. Sep. 16, 185 5. 

Dye, J. A.—b. Sep. 6, 1845; d. Mar. 17, 1905; m. Barbara C.—b. ; d. 

Harmony Church. 

Eady, A. M.—b. Apr. 6, 1826; d. Apr. 18, 1896; m. Emily R.—b. June 8, 1831; d. Oct. 
15, 1896. Pinewood Cemetery. 

Echols, Mrs. Ella Erwin—b. Feb. 1, 1847; d. May 16, 1923. Pinewood. 

Edge, A. E.—b. June 5, 183 5 ; d. May 29, 1909. Lovelace Cemetery. 

Edmondson, E. B.— sheriff of Troup County, 188 5-91. 

Edmundson, Bryant—b. 1782; d. Mar. 21, 1 85 5; m. Smitha Williams—b. 1780; d. May 
22, 1832. Edmundson Cemetery. 

Edmundson, John Dow—b. June 2, 1844; d. Jan. 25, 1916; m. Alma Phillips—b. Sep. 28, 
1856; d. June 4, 1920; mayor of LaGrange, 1901-03, 1905-15. Hillview Cemetery. 

Edwards, John F.—member of Co. D, 35th Ga., C. S. A.; d. July, 1861; buried in Hillview 
Cemetery. 

Edwards, Gen. J. W. B.—b. June 19, 1824, in Columbus; d. Feb. 14, 1904; m. Margaret 
Pinckney Culbreath—b. Nov. 1 1, 1828; d. June 23, 1 893. Hillview. 


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Edwards, Mrs. Blanche Kelly Morgan—b. 1796; d. Apr. 3, 1831. Beasley Cemetery. 
Edwards, Martha A.—b. 1822; d. Aug. 4, 18 32. Beasley Cemetery. 

Ellis, Roswell—b. Apr. 8, 1823; d. Mar. 20, 1909; veteran of Mexican and Civil wars. 
Hillview. 

Emory, Elizabeth—b. 1814; d. Oct. 23, 189 3. Union. 

Emory, Henry Clay—b. 1846; d. 1927. Union. 

Emory, Samuel A.—b. Oct. 10, 1782; d. Jan. 16, 1864. Union. 

Epps, Nathaniel—b. Aug. 6, 18 32; d. July 1, 1903; m. Catherine of N. C.—b. 1827; m. 
1833; d. May 17, 1889. Hogansville. 

Erwin, Abel A.—b. Oct. 18, 1814; d. Dec. 3, 1898; m. Eliza Ashford—b. Aug. 3, 1828; 
d. Aug. 7, 1897. Pinewood. 

Erwin, H. F.—b. Feb. 12, 1811; d. Feb. 7, 1839; m. Mary J.—b. June 23, 1817; d. Nov. 
24, 1844. Winston Cemetery. 

Erwin, Katherine Whitaker—b. Mar. 20, 1837; d. Mar. 17, 1863. Whitaker Cemetery. 
Erwin, M. L.—b. 1818; d. Aug. 13, 1887; m. Martha—b. Jan. 1, 1818; d. May 19, 1898. 
Pinewood. 

Erwin, Thomas B.—Commissioner of West Point, 1831. 

Estes, Ann—b. Dec. 20, 1803; d. Sep. 9, 18 30. Estes Cemetery. 

Estes, H. T.—b. Nov. 19, 1811; d. Apr. 11, 1901; m. Nancy Tomas—b. Aug. 12, 1810; d. 
Jan. 21, 1879. Estes Cemetery. 

Estes, James H.—b. July 3, 1810; d. Jan. 23, 18 31. Estes Cemetery. 

Estes, John A., Sr.—b. Dec. 16, 1812; d. Apr. 8, 1866; m. Margaret E. Hall—b. Aug. 28, 
1823; d. Oct. 23, 1884. Hall Cemetery. 

Estes, J. P.—b. Nov. 23, 1840; d. Jan. 7, 1920; wife—b. Oct. 23, 1848; d. Mar. 1, 1917. 
Estes Cemetery. 

Estes, William P.—b. Apr. 23, 1810; d. Nov. 4, 183 3. Estes Cemetery. 

Estes, Zachry—b. 1783; d. Mar. 23, 183 3. Estes Cemetery. 

Evans, Aaron—b. Aug. 27, 1812; d. Apr. 1, 1890; m. Elizabeth—b. Sep. 9, 1823; d. Dec. 
22, 1884. Mountville. 

Evans, Rev. Charles W.—b. Oct. 18, 1810; d. Oct. 27, 1867. Family Cemetery. 

Evans, Daniel — Judge of Inferior Court, 183 3-34. 

Evans, John W.—b. Oct. 9, 1833; d. Richmond, July 21, 1862; C. S. A. Family Cemetery. 

Evans, Luther M.—b. Aug. 20, 1842; d. Macon, Apr. 18, 1862; C. S. A. Family Cemetery. 

Evans, Thomas—b. June 30, 1770; d. Jan. 13, 1831; m. Martha—b. Feb. 4, 1779; d. Oct. 
10, 1811. Family Cemetery. 

Evans, Thomas B.—b. July 27, 1806; d. Mar. 31, 1879; m. Martha A.—b. June 22, 1814; 
d. June 13, 1900. Family Cemetery. 

Evans, Thomas Crenshaw—b. Aug. 22, 1806, in S. C.; d. May 3, 1 838; m. Dec. 16, 1830, 

Rhoda B. Swanson—b. Oct. 13, 1813; d. Mar. 4, 1862; Captain in Indian war of 

1836; General of state militia; escorted Indians to western home; ordinary, 18 36-3 8. 
Hillview. 

Evans, William—b. June 1 3, 1 83 3 ; d. Nov. 6, 1863, at Richmond; C. S. A. Family 
Cemetery. 

Evans, William E. —b. June 7, 1828; d. July 3, 1 838. Flowers Cemetery. 

Evans, William Swanson—b. Feb. 6, 1838; d. Mar. 29, 1914; m. Margarette E. Dunson— 
b. Sep. 2, 1842; d. Aug. 12, 1891; LaGrange postmaster. Hillview. 

Evans, William T. — Tax receiver, 1901-06. 

Fall, Mark A.—b. May 4, 1837; d. June 20, 1927; m. Mildred Todd—b. Oct. 18, 1838; 
d. Jan. 23, 1918. Hillview. 


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Fannin, Augustus Brooks — Judge of Inferior Court, 1846-47; state legislator, 1853-54, 1 859. 

Fannin, James Flenry—b. Sep. 19, 1825; d. Oct. 23, 1909; m. Julia Ferrell—b. July 16, 
1836; d. Feb. 18, 1907; state legislator, 1875-76; Colonel of 35th Ga., C. S. A.; sur¬ 
rendered Ft. Tyler after death of Gen. Tyler. Hillview. 

Fannin, James Werter—b. Feb. 9, 1785; d. Feb. 11, 1837; m. Anna Peterson Fletcher—b. 
July 2, 1797; d. Sep. 17, 1848. Fannin Cemetery. 

Fannin, William F.—judge Inferior Court, 1849-52; state legislator, 1851-52. 

Farmun, Melvin—b. Mar. 17, 1824; d. Oct. 22, 1903; m. Sarah—b. Mar., 1827; d. Apr. 
11, 1901. Antioch Church Cemetery. 

Farrar, Lettie—b. Aug. 8, 1821; d. Sep. 20, 1909. Farrow Cemetery. 

Farrow, John—b. Dec. 24, 1778; d. Dec. 21, 1845; m. Elizabeth—b. 1788; d. Feb. 10, 
18 59. Farrow Cemetery. 

Farrow, Thomas—b. May 18, 1818; d. Oct. 9, 1881. Farrow Cemetery. 

Faver, Henry—m. Mathilda Bonner on Nov. 25, 1829; sheriff of Troup County, 1840-46; 
state legislator, 1849-5 0. 

Ferrell, Blount C.—b. 1816; d. 1908; m. Sarah C. Ferrell—b. 1817; d. 1903; judge In¬ 
ferior Court, 1845-46; state senator, 1849-50; judge of County Court, 1866-70. Hill- 
view Cemetery. 

Ferrell, Augustus C.—lawyer; solicitor Superior Court, 1845-46. 

Ferrell, Coleman B.—Captain and organizer of Ferrell Battery, Co. C, of Montgomery 
Battalion. 

Ferrell, Clarence Augustus—b. 1839; d. 1915; m. Camilla Jane Chisholm—b. 1840; d. 
1881. Hillview Cemetery. 

Ferrell, Mrs. Julia Coleman—b. 1798; d. Apr. 26, 1866; wife of Bennett Ferrell. Hillview 
Cemetery. 

Ferrell, Mickleberry—b. Dec. 8, 1787; d. Oct. 31, 1861; m. Nancy Coleman—b. Apr. 29, 
1799; d. Sep. 1, 1888; state legislator, 1843; wife born in Newborn, N. C. Hillview 
Cemetery. 

Ferrell, Mickleberry P.—member West Point Guards, Co. D, 4th Ga., C. S. A., Apr. 26, 
1861; discharged in 1861; Captain of an Alabama company, C. S. A. 

Ferrell, Pal Ernest—b. 1843; Co. D, 4th Ga., C. S. A.; d. at Norfolk, Va., Sep. 30, 1861. 
Hillview Cemetery. 

Fields, N. R. —b. Nov. 7, 1823; d. Aug. 14, 1901; m. Eliza—b. Jan. 31, 1831; d. Jan. 12, 
1894. Hogansville Cemetery. 

Fincher, Isaac—b. Nov. 4, 1812; d. Nov. 10, 1860. Bradfield Cemetery. 

Fincher, Herman C.— Mayor LaGrange, 1928-31. 

Fincher, I. D.—b. July 9, 1851; d. Jan. 23, 1911; wife b. Nov. 14, 1855; d. Nov. 18, 
1913. Mountville Cemetery. 

Fincher, Robert Taylor—b. Dec. 23, 1846; d. Feb. 11, 1922; m. Roberta Bonner Wilson— 
b. Mar. 1, 18 50; d. Apr. 20, 1914. Mountville Cemetery. 

Fincher, William H.—b. Dec. 26, 1839; d. Jan. 13, 1907; m. Arobella K. Cox—b. Aug. 1, 
1840; d. July 16, 1902. Mountville Cemetery. 

Fisher, Marcus D.—b. Sep., 1820; member Co. E, 41st Ga., C. S. A.; d. 1864; buried at 
Long Cane Cemetery. 

Fitts, William P— b. Sep. 15, 18 50; d. Sep. 16, 1890; m. Elizabeth Baker—b. June 18, 
18 50; d. Dec. 9, 1915. Hillview Cemetery. 

Fleeth, Paul P.—b. 1 865; d. July 31, 1900. Ware Crossroad Cemetery. 

Fleming, Emily C.—b. May 2, 1817; d. Sep. 26, 1899. Pinewood Cemetery. 


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Fleming, Lucy Anne—b. Dec. 6, 1843; d. June 25, 1912. Pinewood Cemetery. 

Fleming, Moses L. —County commissioner, 1888-96. 

Florence, Mrs. Mary Alice—b. Mar. 22, 1847; d. Aug. 18, 1926. Hillview Cemetery. 
Florence, Oscar FI.—sheriff of Troup County, 1906-14. 

Flowers, James M.—b. July 21, 1800; d. Dec. 4, 1869; m. Phillis E. Waller —b. June 5, 
1804; d. Nov. 24, 18 86. Flowers Cemetery. 

Floyd, Dewit C. — Tax receiver of Troup County, 1917-28. 

Floyd, Thomas Penuel—member of Co. B, 60th Ga., C. S. A.; died at Savannah, Ga.; no 
dates. Flat Shoals Cemetery. 

Floyd, Henry Drew—b. Sep. 12, 1833; d. Mar. 2, 1910; m. Sarah E. Hardy—b. Oct. 4, 
1841; d. June 16, 1896. Flat Shoals Cemetery. 

Floyd, Thomas M.—b. Nov. 17, 1830; d. Dec. 3, 1906; m. Tamsey Minerva —b. June 16, 
1835; d. Oct. 18, 1913. Whatley Cemetery. 

Flynn, M. P.—b. Feb. 17, 1846; d. May 18, 1906; m. M. E. J.—b. Dec. 12, 1848; d. Sep. 
25, 1897. Hillview Cemetery. 

Fomby, James Acles—b. Dec. 2, 1836; d. June 11, 1910; m. Rebecca C.—b. May 3, 1835; 
d. June 29, 1887. Long Cane Cemetery. 

Fomby, Matthew B.—b. Jan. 1, 1801; d. Nov. 11, 1851; m. Mary — b. Oct. 7, 1804; d. 
Jan. 4, 1871. Atchison Cemetery. 

Fomby, M. Bates—b. Jan. 23, 1839; d. Dec. 11, 1862; m. Lucinda J. Cameron—b. Jan. 8, 
1834; d. July 24, 1871; member of Ferrell Battery, C. S. A. Atchison Cemetery. 
Forbes, George B. — b. 1843; d. 1896. Hillview Cemetery. 

Foster, John A.—president of Southern Female College, 185 5-57. 

Freeman, D. B.—County commissioner, 1911-12, 1915-16. 

Freeman, J. C. C.—b. Aug. 14, 1846; d. Aug. 29, 1925; county commissioner, 1907-10. 
Hillview Annex. 

Freeman, James Posie—b. May 1, 1848; d. Apr. 17, 1926; m. Sarah Mathilda—b. Sep. 4, 
185 8; d. May 24, 1921. Harmony Church. 

Freeman, John M.—b. June 19, 183 5; d. Mar. 24, 1919; m. Agatha Whatley—b. Aug. 27, 
1852; d. Aug. 18, 1915. Harmony Church. 

Freeman, J. Z.—b. Aug. 27, 1847; d. Dec. 12, 1869. Estes Cemetery. 

Freeman, J. W.—b. Feb. 19, 1832; d. Sep. 19, 1906; m. Mrs. S. A. Young—b. Nov. 28, 
1828; d. June 20, 1886. Providence Church. 

Freeman, Robert—b. ; d. Apr. 2, 1810. Hillview. 

Freeman, R. A. S.—clerk of West Point, 1880-84; state legislator, 1892-93, 1900-01; judge 
County Court, 1895-98. 

Freisleben, Jacob—b. Austria June 1, 1839; d. Nov. 7, 1925; m. 1874, Regina Herzfeld; 
Co. D, 4th Ga., C. S. A. Hillview Cemetery. 

Frost, Francis A.—b. Oct. 22, 1822; d. Apr. 17, 1882; m. R. J.—b. Nov. 20, 1828; d. May 
19, 1878; state legislator, 1865-67. Hillview. 

Frost, Adam C.—b. ; Captain of West Point Guards, Co. D, 4th Ga., C. S. A.; 

killed at Winchester, Va., Sep. 19, 1864. 

Frost, Rebecca—b. Apr. 26, 1790; d. June 11, 1851. Pinewood Cemetery. 

Fulghum, Lettie E.—b. Apr. 1 1, 1839; d. May 23, 1898. Carter Cemetery. 

Fuller, Bryant—b. Oct. 8, 1800; d. Aug. 2, 1890; m. Elizabeth — b. 1799; d. 1871. Fuller 
Cemetery. 

Fuller, Andrew Jackson — b. Dec. 1, 1840; d. Feb. 25, 1932. Mountville. 

Fuller, Bryant, Jr.—County commissioner, 1921-24. 


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Fuller, Croflford—b. May 24, 1829; d. Dec. 26, 1894; m. Mary H. Robertson—b. Apr. 2, 
1847; d. Apr. 21, 1898. Union Cemetery. 

Fuller, Green—b. Oct. 9, 1838; d. Oct. 14, 1901. Pinewood Cemetery. 

Fuller, John—Captain of Co. B, 60th Ga., C. S. A., the Fannin Guards. No dates. 

Fuller, John E.—m. Sarah—b. July 22, 1837; d. Dec. 22, 18 37. Harmony Church. (Is 
this Captain above?) 

Gaffney, Davis J.—Mayor of LaGrange, 1893-95. 

Gaffney, Mrs. Ellen S.—b. Oct. 28, 1832; d. Nov. 18, 1901. Hillview Cemetery. 

Gaffney, William Patrick—physician; b. May 17, 18 57; d. Apr. 9, 1922. Hillview 

Cemetery. 

Gage, John E.—judge Inferior Court, 1828; trustee LaGrange Female Academy, 1831. 

Gahagan, Lawrence—Commissioner of West Point, 183 5. 

Gaines, Robert A.—b. Dec. 17, 1844; d. May 2, 1928; m. Martha Webb—b. May 11, 1848; 
d. June 3, 1928. Hillview Annex. 

Garner, Adelia E.—b. July 22, 1830; d. Sep. 11, 1876. Marsh-Garner Cemetery. 

Garner, James S.—b. May 9, 1824; d. Sep. 27, 1877. Marsh-Garner Cemetery. 

Garner, Mattie A.—b. Mar. 2, 1834; d. Dec., 1884. Marsh-Garner Cemetery. 

Garrett, Samuel—b. Feb. 25, 1828; d. Feb. 23, 1899; m. Jane—b. Aug. 26, 1827; d. July 
2 5, 1904. Liberty Hill Cemetery. 

Gates, Charles C.—b. Dec. 24, 1819; d. Dec. 23, 1853. Gates Cemetery. 

Gates, James R.—b. Sep. 4, 1784; d. July 13, 1868; soldier of Mexican war of 1836. Gates 
Cemetery. 

Gates, Louis Sylvanus—b. Feb. 16, 1840; d. Jan. 20, 1912; m. Charlotte Emmaline Gibson— 
b. Dec. 19, 1841; d. Nov. 22, 1922. Ware Crossroad Cemetery. 

Gates, William M. —b. Mar. 20, 1825; d. June 17, 1869. Gates Cemetery. 

Gay, James Tolbert—b. Feb. 1, 1850; d. Aug. 13, 1912. Hillview Cemetery. 

Gay, John Thomas—b. Feb. 18, 1828; member Co. B, 4th Ga., C. S. A., LaGrange Light 
Guards, Apr. 26, 1861; 2nd Lt. and 1st Lt., 1862; wounded at Fort Steadman; d. 
Richmond, Va., Apr. 28, 1865, and buried there; m. Caroline E. Ware—b. Aug. 24, 
183 5 ; d. Jan. 25, 1922; buried in Hillview Cemetery. 

Gentry, D. C.—b. Dec. 16, 1845; d. Apr. 20, 1903. Corinth Cemetery. 

Gibbons, Patrick—b. Ireland Apr. 1 1, 1830; d. Oct. 12, 1880. Pinewood Cemetery. 

Gibson, Adam Percival—b. Mar. 8, 1846; d. Oct. 31, 1921. Ware Crossroad. 

Gibson, Edward Calhoun—b. June 26, 1848; d. Dec., 1874. Ware Crossroad. 

Gibson, George Cline—b. July 10, 18 50; d. Feb. 22, 1924. Ware Crossroad. 

Gibson, James Osborn—b. Jan. 16, 1844; d. Apr. 9, 1862. Ware Crossroad. 

Gibson, Joel—b. Oct. 2, 1809; d. Jan. 25, 1886; m. Mary Ann Mooty—b. Sep. 22, 1821; 
d. Oct. 11, 1902. Ware Crossroad Cemetery. 

Geer, Levi — judge of Inferior Court, 1847-48. 

Gibson, Allen C.—Captain of Co. B, 4th Ga., C. S. A., LaGrange Light Guards, on Dec., 
1862; captured Spottsylvania in May, 1864. 

Gilbert, Margaret Susanna—b. Feb. 1 3, 1 8 52; d. Apr. 27, 1927. Bethel Church. 

Gilbert, T. J., Sr.—b. Jan. 1, 1836; d. Aug. 21, 1913. Bethel Church. 

Gilbert, W. F.—b. Aug. 30, 1841; d. Oct. 8, 1912; m. Dec. 6, 1867, Berenice D. D—b. 
Dec. 26, 1848; d. Dec. 27, 1905. Bethel Church. 

Gill, G. N.— b. Feb. 19, 1844; d. Nov. 26, 1907; m. Mary Jane—b. Dec. 6, 1849; d. June 
20, 1827. Hillview Cemetery. 

Gladney, W. N.—b. Apr. 12, 1846; d. Sep. 5, 1926; m. Elizabeth—b. July 26, 1850; d. 
Sep. 19, 1928. Hillview Annex. 


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Glanton, Abner—b. Mar. 23, 1796; d. July 2, 1859; m. Tava Hardy—b. in S. C., Oct. 1, 
1806; d. Feb. 8, 1882. Glanton Cemetery. 

Glanton, Elbert A.—b. Nov. 20, 1841; d. Nov. 2, 1867. Glanton Cemetery. 

Glanton, John H.—b. Nov. 14, 1829; d. Aug. 1 1, 1895; m. (1) Lou L.—b. Apr. 5, 1834; 

d. Jan. 3, 1872; m. (2) M. D.—b. June 18, 1834; d. Mar. 2, 1887. Hillview Cemetery. 
Glanton, Mrs. Sarah J. Sledge—b. Sep. 13, 1834; d. May 26, 1907. Hillview. 

Glanton, Thomas D.—b. Apr. 21, 1832; d. Feb. 18, 1852. Glanton Cemetery. 

Glanton, G. Virginia Hardaway—b. Aug. 20, 1842; d. Apr. 27, 1873. 

Glanton, Louise B. Phillips—b. Aug. 12, 1845; d. July 2, 1866. Both of above were wives 
of W. E. Glanton. Hogansville Cemetery. 

Glass, J. W. T.—County commissioner, 1911-14. 

Glass, T. W.—b. Nov. 16, 1837; d. Aug. 5, 1926; m. Missouri—b. Mar. 11, 1842; d. July 
5, 1908. Wehadkee Church. 

Glenn, I. M.—b. Mar. 16, 1830; d. Feb. 9, 1910. Salem Church. 

Godwin, William Taylor—b. Mar. 25, 1825; d. Nov. 14, 1907; m. (1) Sarah Traylor—b. 
July 31, 1827; d. May 21, 1858; m. (2) —b. Mar. 3, 1840; d. May 27, 

1906. (1) in Flowers Cemetery. Hillview Cemetery others. 

Goodman, Mrs. Susan C.—b. July 28, 1836; d. July 14, 1880; wife of S. C. Goodman. 
Pinewood Cemetery. 

Gorham, John—b. Sep. 26, 1821; d. Nov. 7, 1892. Judge of Inferior Court, 1863-64. 
Hillview Cemetery. 

Gorman, Thomas E.—Judge of Inferior Court, 18 53-56. 

Grady, A. E.—b. June 29, 1818; d. July 23, 1867; m. Sarah E.—b. July 21, 1822; d. Nov. 

2, 1886. Pinewood Cemetery. 

Gray, William Varmun—b. Jan. 4, 1847; d. July 14, 1921; m. Ella Willis Render—b. Feb. 

3, 1851; d. June 10, 1923. Hillview Cemetery. 

Greene, Eugene Judson—b. Greene County, 1832; d. 1887; m. Louisa Anna Maddux; tax 
collector, 1883-86. Hillview Cemetery; unmarked. 

Greene, Benjamin—b. June 29, 1846; d. July 14, 1868. Long Cane Cemetery. 

Greene, Hambleton H.—b. June 8, 1812; d. Jan. 1 5, 1873; m. Ellen A.—b. Aug. 16, 1813; 
d. Jan. 25, 1880. Long Cane Cemetery. 

Greene, Hamilton H.—b. Dec. 5, 1 8 50; d. Feb. 12, 1928; m. Carrie N.—b. Apr. 3, 1 8 58; 

d. Dec. 8, 1930. Pinewood Cemetery. 

Greene, James H.—b. July 9, 1847; d. Feb. 8, 1918. Harmony Church. 

Greene, L. O.—b. June 8, 1844; d. Nov. 25, 1919; m. Lizzie D.—b. Feb. 3, 1852; d. Nov. 
27, 1915. Long Cane Cemetery. 

Greene, Lucius Sanford—b. 1844; member of Myrick Battalion, C. S. A.; d. Apr. 11, 1862. 
Hillview Cemetery. 

Greene, Philip Hunter—b. Sep. 22, 1800; d. Dec. 2, 1871; m. Mildred W. Sanford—b. Sep. 

8, 1808; d. Mar. 9, 1901; county surveyor, 1868. Hillview. 

Greenwood, Thomas B.—Judge of Inferior Court, 1 853. 

Greer, Sergeant James H.—Quartermaster Corps in World War; d. Oct. 14, 1918. Salem. 
Greer, John—Judge of Inferior Court, 1843-46. 

Greer, L. R.—b. June 10, 1848; d. Apr. 15, 1928; m. Sallie M. Emory—b. July 22, 1847; 
d. May 29, 1914. Salem. 

Griffin, Charles H.—b. 1808; d. Aug. 1 1, 1 85 5; m. Mary A. Ashford—b. July 20, 1816; 
d. May 28, 1887. Hillview. 

Griffin, Charles H., Jr.—County commissioner, 1897-04, 1907-14. 

Griffin, James Y.—b. July 22, 1847; d. May 21, 1882. Hillview. 


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Griffith, Z. C.—b. Sep. 10, 1825; d. Jan. 31, 1915; m. Ann J.—b. Mar. 4, 1826; d. Nov. 2, 
1909. Corinth. 

Griggs, Asa Wesley—physician; b. Dec. 11, 1828; d. Aug. 16, 1900; m. Lois McCants—b. 
Sep. 30, 1842; d. July 11, 1894. Pinewood. 

Griggs, David C.—b. July 7, 1823; d. 1837; m. Rebecca F.—b. Nov. 29, 1828; d. Sep. 3, 
1843. Beasley Cemetery. 

Griggs, Isaac Birdsong—b. Aug. 10, 1813; d. May 6, 1893; m. Elizabeth Smith—b. Sep. 19, 
1822; d. July 21, 1891. Flat Shoals Cemetery. 

Griggs, J. M.—b. Oct. 13, 1847; d. Dec. 19, 1910; m. Carrie L. Smith—b. Nov. 26, 1852; 
d. Mar. 23, 1900. Salem. 

Griggs, Mrs. Martha F.—b. June 16, 1780; d. June 16, 1819; wife of Reuben Griggs. 
Beasley Cemetery. 

Gunn, John G.—b. Apr. 14, 1814; d. Sep. 30, 1898; m. M. A.—b. July 25, 1830; d. Feb. 
17, 1908. Wehadkee Church. 

Hackney, John J.—b. Mar. 7, 1849; d. Jan. 10, 1911. Providence Church. 

Hadaway, J. D.—b. Sep. 17, 1845; d. Feb. 5, 1909; m. Rebecca—b. Oct. 8, 1849; d. Aug. 
22, 1919. Wehadkee Church. 

Hagedorn, Isaac—b. Germany, Apr. 2, 1833; d. Dec. 7, 1925; m. Regina Weinstein—b. 

May 12, 1844; d. July 18, 1921. Pinewood. 

Hairston, James M.—b. Dec. 17, 1808; d. Jan. 13, 1881. Harmony Church. 

Hairston, William McCauley—b. Nov. 27, 1846; d. Apr. 1, 1915; m. Callie S. Harris—b. 

Aug. 12, 1851; d. Aug. 16, 1908. Long Cane. 

Hairston, Miss Mary Jane—b. Mar. 9, 1844; d. May 10, 1919. Long Cane. 

Hall, John C.—State legislator, 1839. 

Hall, Mrs. Mary Frances—b. July 5, 1824; d. Oct. 22, 1888. Hillview. 

Hall, William G.—b. Dec. 12, 1837; d. Apr. 1, 1870; m. Frances D.—b. June 30, 1842; 
d. June 2, 1891. Hall Cemetery. 

Hall, Young—b. Greene County, Aug. 30, 1801; d. Feb. 22, 1861; m. Mariah A. Howell— 
b. Apr. 5, 1809; d. June 29, 1886. Hall Cemetery. 

Halman, A. J.—b. Feb. 27, 1837; d. May 18, 1915. Hillview Annex. 

Hamer, Ferrell L.—b. Dec. 14, 1897; 3rd Div. Hospital No. 5, A. E. F.; killed at Chateau 
Thierry, July 31, 1918. Salem. 

Hamer, James T.—b. Aug. 9, 1843; d. Mar. 23, 1922; m. Sarah Ann Mallory—b. May 10, 
1841; d. Oct. 9, 1908. Salem. 

Hamilton, James—State legislator, 1834. 

Hammett, James D.—b. Feb. 14, 1827; d. Feb. 6, 1910; m. Mandy Sue—b. Jan. 27, 1830; 

d. June 5, 1911; state legislator, 1898-99. Providence Church. 

Hammett, William—b. July 9, 1789; d. Oct. 3, 1868. Old Providence. 

Hammett, W.—County commissioner, 1890-91. 

Hammond, Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth—b. Nov. 21, 1846; d. Apr. 18, 1913; wife of J. L. Ham¬ 
mond. Pinewood. 

Handy, Mrs. Sarah James Edwards—b. July 29, 1849; d. July 12, 1894; wife of Charles 
H. Handy. Hillview. 

Hanson, George S.—County commissioner, 1921-24. 

Haralson, Mrs. Clara b. 1765; d. Mar 1, 1841; wife of Jonathan Haralson; she worked 
the fields so that her brothers might fight in the Revolutionary War. Hillview. 
Haralson, Herndon W—b. M*r. 11, 1830; d. May 28, 1889; m. Rhoda Ann—b. Dec. 3, 
1832; d. June 15, 1909. Hillview. 


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Haralson, Hugh A.—b. Greene County on Nov. 13, 1803; to Troup in 1828; d. Sep. 23, 
18 34; Major-General of Georgia militia; state legislator, 1831-32; state senator, 1837- 
38; congressman, 1843-31; m. Caroline Lewis in 1828. Hillview. 

Haralson, Jesse B.—b. June 29, 1803; d. Dec. 17, 1869. Wehadkee Church. 

Haralson, Kinchen L. — Lawyer; solicitor Superior Court, 1842-44. 

Haralson, Mrs. Susannah Sappington—b. Apr. 10, 1830; d. May 28, 1922; wife of H. W. 

Haralson. Sappington Cemetery. 

Haralson, T. S. E.—b. Jan. 7, 1842; d. Mar. 3, 1928. Hillview. 

Haralson, T. S. E.—b. Nov. 28, 1844; d. Aug. 24, 1891; tax collector of Troup County, 
1887-88. Wehadkee Church. 

Haralson, William H.—b. Aug. 31, 1849; d. Mar. 19, 1926; m. Annie E. Cofield—b. Dec. 
2, 183 3; d. Nov. 22, 1916. Loyd Chapel. 

Hardaway, John William—b. Nov. 6, 1806; d. Jan. 7, 1884; m. Virginia King—b. Apr. 9, 
1817; d. Nov. 4, 1846; m. May 16, 1833. Hogansville. 

Hardin, Martin B., minister—b. Sep. 13, 1836; d. Nov. 22, 1883; m. Josephine Law—b. 

Mar. 12, 1844; d. Nov. 7, 1893. Hillview. 

Hardy, Ben F.—b. Nov. 19, 1844; d. Feb. 1, 1891. Thomas Hardy Cemetery. 

Hardy, G. W.—b. Sep. 23, 18 30; d. May 23, 1906; m. Susan M. Carter—b. Mar. 7, 1843; 
d. Feb. 8, 1907. Carter Cemetery. 

Hardy, James C.—b. Nov. 22, 1836; d. June 16, 1897; m. Mary A. Bass—b. Dec. 2, 1833; 
d. Oct. 13, 1896. Flat Shoals. 

Hardy, James D.—b. Dec. 12, 1819; d. Oct. 22, 1888; m. Ann—b. Mar. 6, 1834; d. May 
1, 1891. Thomas Hardy Cemetery. 

Hardy, J. H.—County commissioner, 1914-32; 1933 to date. 

Hardy, L. L., Sr.—b. Oct. 3, 1828; d. June 28, 1890; m. Catherine Huguley—b. June 12, 
1832; d. May 12, 1876. Thomas Hardy Cemetery. 

Hardy, Mrs. Martha L.—b. Sep. 18, 1847; d. July 9, 1882; wife of R. A. Hardy. Flowers 
Cemetery. 

Hardy, Mrs. Mary Jane Gates —b. Mar. 6, 1822; d. Oct. 23, 1832. Gates Cemetery. 

Hardy, Otis Dallis—b. Oct. 20, 1846; d. Feb. 10, 1922. Thomas Hardy Cemetery. 

Hardy, Stephen Coalman —b. Aug. 13, 1813; d. Nov. 1, 1873; m. Levisa Smith —b. Nov. 
19, 1812; d. Dec. 23, 1869. Flat Shoals. 

Hardy, Thomas —b. Jan. 26, 1793; d. Nov. 14, 1870; m. Susan Day—b. Mar. 13, 1801; 

d. Nov. 30, 1862. Thomas Hardy Cemetery. 

Hardy, W. J.—County commissioner, 1897-08. 

Harmon, Mrs. Louesa C.—b. June 29, 1847; d. Oct. 26, 1908; wife of James K. Polk 
Harmon. Hillview. 

Harp, A. G., physician—b. Oct. 4, 1838; d. July 3, 1913; m. Mary M. Taylor—b. Jan. 
28, 1843; d. June 12, 1909. Mountville. 

Harper, Banister—b. Feb. 7, 1801; d. Sep. 11, 1891; m. Elizabeth—b. Dec. 14, 1807; d. 

May 29, 1874. Long Cane Cemetery. 

Harrington, J. M.—state legislator, 1837-38; mayor West Point, 1883-86. 

Harrington, William Henry —b. Aug. 8, 1846; d. Oct. 29, 1906; m. Anna Zachry —b. Nor. 

9, 1860; d. Oct. 24, 1887. Pinewood Cemetery. 

Harris, Absalom S.—state legislator, 1843. 

Harris, Charles F.—b. Sep. 23, 1841; d. Jan. 13, 1921; m. Marietta—b. Apr. 16, 1842; d. 

Jan. 13, 1912. Hillview Annex. 

Harris, Edmund T. — Judge of Inferior Court, 183 3-34. 

Harris, Henry—b. May 2, 1838; d. May 20, 1906. Hillview Cemetery. 


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Harris, Mrs. Jane—b. 1771; d. 1838. Norwood Cemetery. 

Harris, Mrs. N. R.—b. 1794; d. Dec. 7, 1862. Hillvicw Cemetery. 

Harris, S. L.—b. Oct. 5, 1 823; d. Nov. 19, 1874; m. E. P. —b. Nov. 18, 1831; d. Aug. 
2, 1912. Pinewood Cemetery. 

Harris, Sampson W.—Lieutenant Colonel of 6th Ga., C. S. A.; m. Lucy W.—b. Mar. 4, 
1841; d. Aug. 2, 1880. Pinewood Cemetery. 

Harris, William C. — President of LaGrange Female College, 1857-59. 

Harrison, Lydia—b. Mar. 5, 1792; d. May 1 5, 1860. Fannin Cemetery. 

Harrison, Thomas J.—b. Aug. 2 5, 18 50; d. Sep. 21, 1910. Salem Cemetery. 

Harrison, W. Terrell—state legislator, 1933; supt. West Point Schools. 

Hart, Edward—b. 1811; d. 1892. Flat Shoals Cemetery. 

Hart, Milledge H.—b. Sep. 22, 1832; d. Oct. 2, 1887; m. Mary E.— b. Feb. 27, 1837; d. 
May 3, 1888; county commissioner, 1878-88; state legislator, 1886-87. Long Cane 
Cemetery. 

Harwell, Frank—Judge of City Court of Troup County, 1905-16. 

Harwell, Mrs. Tabitha Jane Williams—b. May 4, 1842; d. June 24, 1889; wife of Rev. 
J. R. Harwell. Pinewood Cemetery. 

Harwell, Thomas J.—b. Aug. 26, 1840; d. Oct. 12, 1920; m. Lucy Lipscomb—b. Jan. 14, 
1845; d. June 12, 1921; mayor of LaGrange, 1882-84, 1899-00; clerk of LaGrange, 
1904-19. Hillview Cemetery. 

Hayes, Mrs. Amanda Hogan—b. Sep. 20, 1845; d. June 21, 1913; wife of J. H. Hayes. 
Hogan Cemetery. 

Hayes, W. F.—b. Apr. 19, 1849; d. Mar. 1, 1917; m. Rose Sharpe—b. Feb. 18, 1857; d. 
Feb. 24, 1898. Pinewood Cemetery. 

Hatton, M. W.— President of Southern Female College, 1903-08, 1916-17. 

Heard, A. J.—b. Nov. 30, 1 835; d. Feb. 28, 1908; m. Amanda Hester—b. Jan. 20, 1843; 
d. Dec. 13, 1925. Hillview Cemetery. 

Heard, Col. Charles M.—b. June 25, 1825; d. July 14, 1872. Hillview Cemetery. 

Heard, George B.—b. Jan. 17, 1827; d. Mar. 10, 1881; m. Alberta Valeria—b. Jan. 3, 183 5; 
d. Dec. 6, 1910. Hillview Cemetery. 

Heard, George W.—b. Aug. 8, 1785; d. Aug. 10, 1852; m. Martha Coffee—b. May 9, 1793; 

d. Feb. 24, 1877; pioneer. Hillview Cemetery. 

Heard, Henry Thomas, physician—b. Feb. 23, 1834; d. Jan. 1, 1886; m. Margareta Alford — 
b. Mar. 14, 1841; d. Mar. 29, 1923. Hillview Cemetery. 

Heard, John A.—b. Mar. 7, 1816; d. Feb. 20, 1861. Hillview Cemetery. 

Heard, Peter Abram, minister—b. Jan. 11, 1826; d. Feb. 22, 1901; m. Mary Cade Alford— 
b. July 30, 1834; d. Feb. 7, 1912. Hillview Cemetery. 

Hearn, M. E.—b. Aug. 24, 18 54; d. May 3, 1913; m. Nancy C.—b. Aug. 29, 185 5; d. 
Feb. 26, 1929. Hillview Cemetery. 

Hearn, Martha S.— b. Dec. 13, 1828; d. July 7, 1902. Liberty Hill Cemetery. 

Heidt, Rev. John W.—President of LaGrange Female College, 1881-85. 

Hemphill, Alphonse—Sheriff of Troup County, 18 50-51. 

Hemphill, Mrs. Eliza W.—b. Mar. 2, 1810; d. Aug. 3, 1856. Old Shiloh Cemetery. 
Hemphill, James B.—b. Nov. 16, 1836; d. Oct. 1 5, 1 8 52. Old Shiloh Cemetery. 

Hemphill, John W.—b. Nov. 30, 1833; d. Oct. 29, 1852. Old Shiloh Cemetery. 
Henderson, Edward M.—b. 1844; d. Feb. 22, 1914; m. Susan Higginbotham—b. 1840; d. 
Mar. 22, 1923; county commissioner, 1886-88; sheriff of Troup County, 1891-98; 
captain of Co. F, 21st Ga., C. S. A., Ben Hill Infantry; wounded Sep. 19, 1864. Hill¬ 
vicw Cemetery. 


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Henderson, H. J., Sr. —b. Jan. 1, 1829; d. Apr. 26, 1902; m. Mary E. Maddox —b. Jan. 

23, 1832; d. Apr. 10, 1900. Harmony Church. 

Hendon, Hartfield — state legislator, 1839. 

Hendon, Mrs. Mary Eveline —b. Jan. 12, 1833; d. Nov. 11, 1898. Hogansville. 

Hendon, W. Scott—County commissioner, 1892-94; state legislator, 1892-93; clerk of 
Hogansville, 1910. 

Hendrix, Jessie—b. Jan. 10, 1817; d. Jan. 5, 1856. Old Providence Cemetery. 

Herndon, B. H.—b. Sep. 27, 1821; d. Jan. 27, 1897; m. Frances—b. Dec. 3, 1825 ; d. Nov. 

12, 1908. Herndon Cemetery. 

Herndon, John B.—b. 1799; d. Mar. 6, 1851; m. Narcissa L.—b. 1804; ,d. Sep. 6, 1862. 
Hillview Cemetery. 

Herring, Arthur—Judge Inferior Court, 1827. 

Herring, James—Trustee of LaGrange Female Academy, 1831 . 

Herring—Commissioner of town of LaGrange, 1828. 

Herring, William Parham—b. Apr. 3, 1833; d. Aug. 7, 1886; m. Sarah Jane Stembridge— 
b. May 8, 1837; d. Aug. 2 5, 1897. Hillview. 

Heyman, H.—b. Essen, Ger., Aug. 24, 1825; d. Aug. 14, 1885; m. Betty Merz—b. Nov. 

10, 1835; d. July 29, 1918; operated a tanyard for the Confederate government. 

Pinewood Cemetery. 

Higginbothem, John Thomas—b. Sep. 3, 1840; d. Mar. 13, 1913; m. Augusta Ward— b. 

July 31, 1845; d. May 25, 1916. Pinewood Cemetery. 

Higginbothem, William Buford—b. Feb. 2, 1845; d. Aug. 8, 1895; m. Mary Winston—b. 

Feb. 21, 1854; d. Dec. 15, 1929. Whitaker Cemetery. 

Hightower, Charles T. —Clerk of Hogansville, 1930, to date. 

Hightower, H. J.—b. June 16, 1810; d. Nov. 23, 18 87. Hightower Cemetery. 
Hightower, Presley—b. Apr. 4, 1784; d. Oct. 1 1, 1852; m. M. A.—b. Nov. 19, 1785; d. 
Apr. 5, 1856. Hightower Cemetery. 

Hill, Abram C.—b. Nov. 16, 1845; d. June 22, 1923. Hillview Cemetery. 

Hill, Albert G., Jr.—b. Mar. 30, 1849; d. Apr. 30, 1919. Hillview Cemetery. 

Hill, Mrs. Martha Render—b. Apr. 12, 1818; d. Apr. 4, 1880; wife of Albert G. Hill, Sr. 
Hillview. 

Hill, Mrs. Cordelia E. Walker—b. Aug. 22, 1841; d. July 20, 1875. Pinewood. 

Hill, Edward Young —b. Jan. 10, 1805; d. Nov. 20, 1860; m. Arabella Dawson — b. 1810; 
d. 1873; judge of Superior Court, 1845-60; Hill Street named for Judge Hill; Mrs. 
Hill wrote "Mrs. Hill’s Cook Book.” Hillview. 

Hill, Benjamin H.—State legislator, 1896-97; judge of Court of Appeals. 

Hill, Benjamin Harvey—b. Jasper County on Sep. 14, 1823; d. Atlanta, Aug. 16, 1882; 
m. Caroline E. Holt; state legislator, 185 1-52; state senator, 18 59-60; presidential 
elector, 1856; Confederate senator, 1861-65; United States senator, 1877-82. 

Hill, Green W.—Commissioner of West Point in 1836; went to Milledgeville to get new 
charter for West Point. 

Hill, Hampton W., physician—b. Mar. 9, 1800; d. Sep. 12, 1851. Hillview. 

Hill, LaFayette Pinkney—b. Aug. 19, 1840; d. Sep. 23, 1885; m. Mattie Reid—b. Mar. 20, 
1849; d. Feb. 15, 1910. Pinewood. 

Hill, H. L.—Mayor of West Point, 1930. 

Hill, J. L.—State legislator, 1873-74. 

Hill, James M.—LaGrange pioneer; bought his home in 1835. 

Hill, John —b. Apr. 30, 1785; to Troup in 1833 from Jasper County; d. July 20, 1848; 
m. Sarah Parham —b. Dec. 19, 1790; d. Jan. 16, 1854. Hill Cemetery. 


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Hill, John S. — State legislator, 1855-56; state senator, 18 57-5 8. 

Hill, Miles H.—First Lieut. Co. B, 4th Georgia, Apr. 26, 1861; captain of Co., May, 1862; 
resigned, Dec., 1862. 

Hines, Horton M. —b. Mar. 1 1, 1838; d. Dec. 2, 1907. Harmony Church. 

Hines, Presley R.—b. 1810; d. Feb., 1865; m. Mrs. Nancy Gates (nee Pettis). 

Hines, Thomas J.—b. Aug. 1 1, 1845; d. Jan. 21, 1912; m. Mary J.—b. Sep. 1 5, 18 58; d. 
Sep. 18, 1878. Harmony Church. 

Hines, W. F.—b. Oct. 23, 1852; d. Sep. 23, 1928; m. Lilia J. Potts—b. Feb. 1 1, 1 858; d. 

Oct. 10, 1927; state legislator, 1911-16. Hillview Annex. 

Hodge, Lucinda—b. 1821; d. 1892. Flat Shoals. 

Hodges, Martin G.—b. Dec. 17, 1841; d. May 14, 1904. Hogansville. 

Hodnett, Caroline—b. Jan. 24, 1810; d. Jan. 9, 1887. Hodnett Cemetery. 

Hodnett, J. W.—b. July 27, 1832; d. Apr. 14, 1907; m. Fannie Lane —b. Aug. 22, 1840; 
d. Dec. 14, 1904. Loyd Chapel. 

Hodnett, Samuel G.—b. Feb. 11, 1841; d. Oct. 24, 1906. Hodnett Cemetery. 

Hodnett, William—b. May 2, 1793; d. Sep. 29, 1863. Hodnett Cemetery. 

Hodnett, Willie J.—28th Battalion, U. S. G., World War; d. July 29, 1921. Loyd Chapel. 
Hodnett, William Henry—b. Oct. 11, 1841; d. Sep. 5, 1914; m. Amanda—b. Oct. 5, 1 845; 
d. Feb. 12, 1908. Long Cane. 

Hogan, William—b. Aug. 6, 1804; d. May 6, 1861; m. (1) Mary—b. Nov. 28, 1803; d. 
June 1 5, 1837; m. (2) Susan Belcher—b. Feb. 15, 1818; d. Oct. 17, 1906. Hogan 
Cemetery. 

Hogan, William—b. June 16, 1845; d. Mar. 4, 1926; m. Frances Miller— b. Oct. 8, 1846; 
d. Aug. 7, 1918. Corinth. 

Hogg, A. G.—b. Mar. 10, 1781; d. Aug. 4, 1862. Hogg Cemetery. 

Hogg, Susan—b. 1798; d. Mar. 12, 1870; wife of John Hogg. Hogg Cemetery. 

Hogg, John—b. May 9, 1809; d. Jan. 8, 1883; m. Susan—b. Dec. 19, 1810; d. Apr. 25, 
1900; county commissioner, 1876-78. Hogg Cemetery. 

Hogg, John J.—b. June 2, 1829; d. Apr. 12, 1895. Hogg Cemetery. 

Hogg, Mrs. Lydia—b. Apr. 25, 1828; d. Jan. 17, 1902. Hogg Cemetery. 

Hogg, M. C.—b. 1 838; d. Sep. 8, 1862. Hogg Cemetery. 

Hogg, William B.—b. Nov. 6, 1825; d. Feb. 24, 1883. Hogg Cemetery. 

Hogue, Henry Harris—b. Feb. 10, 1846; d. Aug. 11, 1895. Pinewood. 

Holle, Frederick— b. Hanover, Germany, July 12, 1820; d. Dec. 12, 1907; m. A. L.— b. 

Oct. 23, 1 83 5; d. Jan. 5, 1902. Hillview. 

Holley, A. D.—b. Mar. 26, 1844; d. May 21, 1918. Hillview Annex. 

Hollis, Columbus C.—b. Sep. 26, 1845; d. Jan. 27, 1927; m. Aide Lou Breed — b. Mar. 13, 
1841; d. Dec. 26, 1915; m. Sep. 19, 1866. Hillview Annex. 

Holt, William — State legislator, 183 3-34. 

Hood, Ernest Glover—b. Oct. 25, 1 853 ; d. Apr. 9, 1926; m. (1) Mary Eva —b. May 31, 
1856; d. Mar. 24, 1903; m. (2) Mrs. Benson. Hillview. 

Hooten, Mrs. Nancy J. Stakely—b. Apr. 24, 1837; d. Dec. 26, 1909. Hillview. 

Hopkins, Mrs. L. F.—b. June 6, 1838; d. Feb. 10, 1912. Hogansville. 

Hopson, Hannah—b. Mar. 6, 1806; d. Jan. 4, 1881. Old Emmaus. 

Hopson, William—b. Dec. 7, 1800; d. Aug. 8, 1875; m. P. A.—b. Nov. 30, 1812; d. Oct. 
30, 1886. Old Emmaus. 

Hopson, William B. b. Mar. 10, 1834; d. June 10, 1915; m. Orra Evelyn Darden—b. Mar. 
6, 1841; d. July 1, 1911. Hogansville. 

Horsley, Joseph S., physician—b. Dec. 24, 1843; d. Nov. 17, 1916. Pinewood. 


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Horton, Elizabeth— b. Apr. 2, 1768; d. Mar. 2, 1841. Old Emmaus. 

Horton, Walker—b. Mar. 19, 1803; d. Apr. 26, 1843. Old Emmaus. 

Houston, Ed—Clerk of the city of West Point. 

Houston, L. A. b. May 14, 1834; d. Feb. 26, 1916; m. Penelope—b. May 23, 1838; d. 
Mar. 27, 1921. Corinth. 

Houston, Hugh W., minister—b. May 3, 1836; d. June 28, 1917; m. Nancy Wilder—b. 

Dec. 2, 1843; d. Feb. 23, 1912. Liberty Hill. 

Howard, Mrs. Tabitha E. Hill—b. July 26, 1831; d. Mar. 3, 1837; wife of C. R. Howard. 
Hillview. 

Howell, J. P., minister—b. Aug. 22, 1832; d. Feb. 22, 1892. Harmony Church. 

Hudson, Asa C.—m. (1) Susan E. Loyd—b. June 9, 1840; d. Oct. 16, 1876; m. (2) Emma 
Cameron—b. Feb. 24, 1844; d. July 24, 1902. Loyd Chapel. 

Hudson, G. L., physician—b. May 31, 1836; d. Dec. 12, 1902; m. Hellen Buttrell—b. June 
2, 1838; d. Apr. 3, 1901. Hogansville. 

Hudson, H. Clay—b. Mar. 13, 1846; d. Jan. 19, 1894; m. Etta Tatum—b. Apr. 1, 1848; 
d. Dec. 27, 1928. Long Cane. 

Hudson, John Turner—b. Sep. 24, 1844; d. May 9, 1907; m. Dora Boyd—b. Nov. 14, 
1843; d. Jan. 28, 1923. Long Cane. 

Hudson, Richard Mitchell—b. Oct. 12, 1841; d. Nov. 28, 1901; m. Fannie—b. Oct. 9, 
1843; d. June 3, 1893; m. (2) Willie Read—b. Oct. 9, 1833; d. Mar. 28, 1931; tax 
collector, 1894-00. Long Cane. 

Hughey, W. W.—Judge of the Inferior Court, 183 3-39. 

Huguley, George —b. Wilkes County, Jan. 27, 1809; d. Dec. 4, 1886; m. (1) Polly Dallis; 

m. (2) Gabrella Dallis; m. (3) Sally White. Buried in Alabama. 

Huguley, William Gaines—b. Nov. 2, 1836; d. Sep. 20, 1888. Hillview. 

Huguley, William Henderson—b. Sep. 12, 1830; d. June 4, 1917; m. Fannie Sharpe—b. 
Dec. 6, 1848; d. Oct. 24, 192 3. Pinewood. 

Huguley, Z. T.—b. Dec. 4, 1833; d. June 11, 1876; m. Octavie C. Hardy—b. Feb. 14, 
1834; d. Nov. 19, 1913. Thomas Hardy Cemetery. 

Humber, Robert C.—Member of Co. B, 4th Georgia; 2nd Lieut., Oct. 16, 1861; resigned, 
Apr., 1862; state legislator, 1860. 

Humphrey, Robert Toombs—b. June 6, 1843; d. Dec. 2, 1913; m. Laura Hoadley — b. Oct. 

10, 18 30; d. June 11, 1923. Pinewood. 

Humphrey, G. W.—b. May 19, 1848; d. Nov. 29, 1907. Whatley Cemetery. 

Humphries, Mrs. Frannie P. Fincher—b. Sep. 1, 1844; d. June 22, 1927. Mountville. 

Hunt, G. W., Sr.—b. Nov. 2, 1847; d. Mar. 18, 1933; m. Sympy Bradfield—b. Mar. 13, 
1849; d. Jan. 3, 1929. Hillview Annex. 

Hunter, A. B.—b. Feb. 29, 1840; d. Apr. 22, 1906. Flat Shoals. 

Hunter, Grover C.—Mayor of LaGrange, 1924-27. 

Hunter, James David—b. Apr. 19, 1824; d. Nov. 29, 1926. Flat Shoals. 

Hunter, Milton J.—b. Apr. 1, 1847; d. Oct. 3, 1898; m. Sophronia Speer—b. Oct. 13, 
1831; d. Dec. 24, 1918. Hillview. 

Huntley, John Park—b. Dec. 18, 1834; d. Oct. 22, 1907. Hillview. 

Huntley, Mrs. Martha Park—b. Sep. 8, 1828; d. Dec. 1, 1901; wife of William H. Huntley. 
Hillview. 

Hussey, Levi—Judge of the Inferior Court, 1827. 

Hutchinson, Frank—Tax collector, 1923-28; tax commissioner, 1929, to date. 

Hutchinson, Pearson B.—b. Feb. 4, 1837; d. Aug. 10, 1923; m. Victoria N. Thomason— 
b. Nov. 9, 1840; d. Nov. 3, 1906. Union. 


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Jackson, Isaac—Hogansville pioneer; m. Mary E.; no dates. Hogansville. 

Jackson, Joseph Baldwin—b. Aug. 14, 1841; d. Mar. 26, 1895; m. Zuleika Park—b. Mar. 
10, 1845; d. Mar. 10, 1895. Hillview. 

Jackson, Josiah—b. Jan. 1 5, 1837; d. July 3, 1 895; m. Sara A.—b. Aug. 10, 1841; d. May 
20, 1912. Corinth. 

Jackson, Robert Housand—b. July 6, 1841; d. Mar. 2, 1891; m. H. Elizabeth Norwood; 
member of Co. B, 4th Georgia. Hillview. 

Jackson, Wyche Sanders—b. June 20, 1830; d. Mar. 7, 1894; m. Mary E. Huguley—b. 

Sep. 19, 1836; d. Sep. 29, 1920; clerk of West Point, 1891. Pinewood. 

Jacobs, C. E.—b. June 8, 1844; d. Jan. 19, 1912. Wehadkee Church. 

Jacobs, W. A.—b. June 27, 1851; d. Oct. 7, 1927. Wehadkee Church. 

Jenkins, Cyrus R.—b. June 3, 1808; d. Jan. 9, 1877; m. Cassandra M.—b. Aug. 4, 1815; 

d. Jan. 1, 1887; state senator, 1839. Old Emmaus. 

Jenkins, George W.—b. Feb. 9, 1830; d. Oct. 16, 1903; m. Mary F. Wilkinson—b. Dec. 
10, 1834; d. Mar. 6, 1896. Union. 

Jenkins, Howell W.—Commissioner of LaGrange, 1828; m. Mary A. Bull on Mar. 13, 1831. 
Jenkins, Robert Hartsfield, physician—b. Dec. 16, 1850; d. Oct. 14, 1919. Hogansville 
Cemetery. 

Jennings, Thomas J.—b. Aug. 14, 1846; d. Mar. 18, 1911; m. Nellie Winston—b. Nov. 12, 
1852; d. Apr. 2, 1911; mayor of West Point, 1888-90. Pinewood Cemetery. 

Jett, Augusta A.—b. May 9, 1833; d. Aug. 16, 1897. Hogansville Cemetery. 

Johnson, Asbury L.—b. July 25, 1838; d. Dec. 30, 1862. Corinth Cemetery. 

Johnson, A. N., Sr.—b. Aug. 14, 1822; d. Apr. 3, 1903; Salem Cemetery; m. Martha A. 

Jones—b. Aug. 21, 1834; d. Mar. 31, 1892. Jones Cemetery. 

Johnson, C. B.—Tax collector, 1911-12. 

Johnson, Elizabeth C.—b. July 23, 1841; d. Nov. 10, 1927. Hogansville. 

Johnson, G. C.—b. July 31, 1839; d. June 4, 1916; m. Sarah Roxana Smith—b. June 15, 
1841; d. Apr. 7, 1918. Pinewood Cemetery. 

Johnson, J. Forest—Ordinary, 1925, to date. 

Johnson, James T.—b. Wilmington, Del., Feb. 16, 1834; d. Dec. 20, 1902; president of 
LaGrange Female College, 1872-74; clerk of LaGrange, 1899-00. Hillview Cemetery. 
Johnson, John D.—b. Feb. 10, 1834; d. May 6, 1911; m. Frances A. Ward—b. Mar. 18, 
1841; d. July 21, 1924; county commissioner, 1892-94. Pinewood Cemetery. 

Johnson, John T.—Mayor of West Point, 1909-18. 

Johnson, Luke—b. Dec. 6, 1804; d. June 8, 1871; m. Elizabeth—b. May 29, 1809; d. 
Apr. 20, 1894. Johnson Cemetery. 

Johnson, Nicholas—Pioneer of LaGrange; d. 1 83 5; m. Margaret Ann; owner of Land Lot 
108, eastern part of LaGrange; clerk of Superior Court, 1827-3 5. 

Johnson, R. A.—b. Aug. 20, 1848; d. Feb. 11, 1930; m. Indiana Elizabeth Hall—b. Mar. 

6, 1847; d. May 12, 1922. Pinewood Cemetery. 

Johnson, Sabourn H.—b. Mar. 24, 1789; d. Sep. 8, 1846. Johnson Cemetery. 

Johnson, Sankey T.—m. Elizabeth Evans, Dec. 6, 1829; judge of Inferior Court, 1833-37; 
state legislator, 1840-41. 

Johnson, Thomas Benjamin—b. Aug. 20, 1829; d. July 11, 1908; m. Missouri R.—b. May 
20, 1829; d. Sep. 23, 1903. Pinewood Cemetery. 

Johnson, Thomas W.—b. Feb. 11, 1844; d. July 4, 1926; m. Charlsey Harrison—b. June 
23, 1846; d. Aug. 21, 1928. Pinewood Cemetery. 

Johnson, William B.—b. 18 32; d. 1888; m. Mary J.—b. 1848; d. 1887. Pinewood Cemetery. 
Johnson, William H.—state legislator, 1843. 


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Johnson, Willis—b. Sep. 6, 1845; d. Feb. 16, 1905. Pine wood Cemetery. 

Johnston, James J.—b. June 23, 1840; d. Apr. 23, 1902; m. (1) Anne A.—b. Mar. 7, 1844; 
d. July 8, 1870; m. (2) Ruth B.—b. May 19, 1844; d. Mar. 13, 1882. Corinth 
Cemetery. 

Johnston, John L.—b. Feb. 18, 1840; d. July 9, 1910. Hillview Cemetery. 

Johnston, John Littleton—b. Dec. 23, 1832; d. Nov. 19, 1877; m. Francis Asbury—b. May 
2, 1828; d. May 25, 1898. Hogansville Cemetery. 

Johnston, John West—b. July 21, 1837; d. Apr. 1, 1909; m. Jane Eleanor—b. Aug. 31, 
1842; d. June 30, 1918. Hillview Cemetery. 

Jones, Andrew B.—b. May 30, 1827; d. June 6, 1892; county commissioner, 1886-88. Jones 
Cemetery. 

Jones, A. Park—b. June 21, 1844; d. June 27, 1913; m. Lena Miller—b. Dec. 31, 1850; 
d. July 4, 1888; manufacturer of wagons and buggies in LaGrange. Hillview. 

Jones, Gideon Hamilton—b. Sep. 5, 1817; d. Nov. 24, 1892; m. Eliza Ann—b. Oct. 25, 
1825; d. Sep. 11, 1903. Pinewood. 

Jones, George W.—b. Sep. 26, 1838; d. Dec. 7, 1881; m. Augusta—d. May, 1884. Jones 
Cemetery. 

Jones, H. C.—b. Feb. 18, 1845; d. Jan. 13, 1901; m. Adrian H. Davis—b. Oct. 20, 1845; 
d. Feb. 11, 1924. Jones Cemetery. 

Jones, Christopher C.—b. Sep. 3, 1831; d. Mar. 27, 1904; m. Lucy—b. Mar. 21, 1835; d. 
Feb. 19, 1906. Salem. 

Jones, James—b. Feb. 6, 1786; d. Apr. 2, 1843; m. Celia Edge—b. 1796; d. Feb. 16, 1864. 
Jones-Roberts Cemetery. 

Jones, Major James F.—b. Jan. 26, 1829; d. Sep. 17, 1914; m. A. D.—b. May 15, 1840; 
d. Jan. 28, 1905; state legislator, 1884-85; mayor of Hogansville, 1910. Hogansville. 

Jones, James M.—b. June 10, 1841; d. Apr. 11, 1897; m. Miranda G.—b. Aug. 30, 1841; 
d. Apr. 11, 1897; husband and wife died on same day. Jones Cemetery. 

Jones, LaFayette Hamilton—b. May 3, 1849; d. Jan. 30, 1924. Pinewood. 

Jones, John H.—Editor of LaGrange Reporter; state senator, 1921-22. 

Jones, Richard H.—b. Jan. 4, 1804; d. Nov. 14, 1865; m. Louisa—b. June 2, 1805; d. 
Jan. 28, 1887. Jones Cemetery. 

Jones, T. B.—County commissioner, 1907-08, 1913-14. 

Jones, Thomas Johnson—b. Apr. 15, 1814; d. Oct. 29, 18 55; m. Winna—b. Jan. 13, 1812; 
d. Oct. 18, 1884. Old Emmaus. 

Jones, Thomas J.—Clerk of city of Hogansville, 1907. 

Jones, Waters Burras—Captain of Co. B, 60th Ga.; Fannin Guards; Colonel of Militia reg¬ 
iment; sheriff of Troup County, 1856-57. 

Jones, W. H. C—b. Nov. 20, 1835; d. Oct. 17, 1894. Jones Cemetery. 

Kendrick, A. F.—b. Aug. 24, 1814; d. Feb. 12, 1876. Pinewood. 

Kent, Henry M.—b. Sep. 12, 1843; d. June 26, 1899. Hillview. 

Kirby, Moses R.—b. Sep. 3, 1836; d. Apr. 28, 1921; m. Harriet Lipscomb—b. June 13, 
1837; d. July 1, 1895; LaGrange postmaster. Hillview. 

Kennon, Charles L.—Judge of Inferior Court, 1827; state legislator, 1827. 

Kidd, Divany A.—Captain of Co. K, 13th Ga., Evans Guards, Dec. 13, 1862; killed at 
Fort Steadman, Mar. 25, 1865. 

Kidd, George—Pioneer to Troup from Jones County in 1827; m. Elizabeth Todd of Jones 
County; manufacturer of gins. Hillview, unmarked. 

Koon, George—b. Mar. 17, 1802; d. July 11, 1871. Glanton Cemetery. 


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Lancaster, James D.—b. Feb. 3, 1828; d. July 22, 1887; m. Sarah J. — b. Feb. 21, 1832; 
d. Dec. 7, 1910. Bethel Church. 

Lane, Alexander—from Morgan County; b. June 1, 1760; d. Sep. 10, 1843; m. Mary Guinn 
—b. Oct. 17, 1774. Lane Cemetery. 

Lane, FI. B. —b. 1833; d. 1910; m. Mary Eloise—b. Mar., 1852; d. Mar., 1905. Hogansville. 
Lane, Fleflin H.—state legislator, 1915-16. 

Lane, R. A.—Commissioner of LaGrange, 1828. 

Lane, Shepherd G.—b. Dec. 17, 1811; d. Feb. 15, 1895; m. A. M—b. Apr. 17, 1813; d. 
Feb. 17, 1892. Long Cane Cemetery. 

Lang, Thomas—b. Stockport, Eng., Sep., 1829; d. Dec. 1, 1915; m. Elizabeth Gazard—b. 

Apr., 1841; d. Nov. 19, 1916; pioneer of textile industry. Pinewood Cemetery. 
Langford, E. Carter—b. July 15, 1822; d. Apr. 5, 1891; m. Isabella M.—b. Oct. 30, 1829; 
d. July 6, 1879. Pinewood Cemetery. 

Langford, Josiah D. —b. Aug. 1, 1794; d. Dec. 22, 185 3; m. Damaris —b. Nov. 10, 1798; 
d. Nov. 8, 1862. Pinewood Cemetery. 

Lanier, A. Cam—b. Sep. 7, 1848; d. Dec. 6, 1884; m. Emma—b. Aug. 29, 18 52; d. June 
18, 1922; soldier at Fort Tyler. Pinewood Cemetery. 

Lanier, Elijah Frank—b. May 4, 1843; d. Apr. 3, 1921; m. Susan Elizabeth Cherry—b. 

Apr. 19, 1846; d. Nov. 26, 1922; mayor of West Point, 1880-82. Pinewood Cemetery. 
Lanier, Frank, Jr.—Clerk of West Point, 1885-86. 

Lanier, J. C.—County commissioner, 1931-32. 

Lanier, LaFayette—b. June 21, 1845; d. June 17, 1910; principal factor in the organization 
of Lanett Cotton Mills and dye plant, and other Chattahoochee Valley enterprises. 
Pinewood Cemetery. 

Lanier, Philip—Mayor of West Point, 1903-06, 1923-30; county commissioner, 1917-20. 
Lanier, Reuben—b. Rockingham County, N. C., Apr. 28, 1806; d. Apr. 26, 1860; m. 
Arabelle Elizabeth Crockett—b. Nov. 3, 1808; d. June 20, 1881; six sons were in 
Confederate service. Pinewood Cemetery. 

Lanier, R. P.—b. Oct. 6, 1840; d. Mar. 18, 1889; m. (1) Fannie B. Harrington—b. Oct. 
13, 1849; d. Feb. 8, 1869; m. (2) Katie—b. Feb. 28, 1852; d. Apr. 8, 1895. Pinewood 
Cemetery. 

Lanier, Susan Lawson—b. 1800; d. Dec. 26, 1865. Pinewood Cemetery. 

Lanier, William Henry—b. Jan. 3, 1834; member of Co. D, 4th Ga., C. S. A., West Point 
Guards; killed in Jones County during the Stoneman Raid on July 30, 1863. Pinewood 
Cemetery. 

Lay, Littleton—b. Dec. 19, 1819; d. Mar. 17, 1912; m. Elizabeth—b. Dec. 6, 1822; d. 

Sep. 10, 1890. Liberty Hill Cemetery. 

Latimer, William M.—Clerk of Superior Court, 1850-62. 

Lee, Moses—b. Sep. 6, 1804; d. June 17, 1886; m. Nancy C.—b. July 24, 1838; d. Jan. 
7, 1886; clerk of Superior Court, 1842-48; judge of Inferior Court, 1848. Liberty 
Hill Cemetery. 

Lee, W. G.—b. Apr. 5, 1834; m. Mary Knight—b. Dec. 28, 1829; d. Aug. 28, 1913. 
Hogansville Cemetery. 

Leman, DeMoville A.—Clerk of LaGrange, 1920-23. 

Leonard, Joseph U.—Captain of Co. E, 41st Ga., C. S. A., Troup Light Guards; captured 
at Vicksburg, Miss., July 4, 1863. 

Leslie, Priscilla H.— b. Mar. 5, 1818; d. Sep. 14, 1847. Lane Cemetery. 


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Leslie, Thomas—b. May 19, 1813; d. Mar. 24, 1887; m. Louisa Villiers Anderson—b. Aug. 
25, 1815; d. June 28, 1891; founder of Troup Factory; m. Sep. 3, 1835; to Meri¬ 
wether from Wilkes in 183 5. Buried in Meriwether County. Crowder Cemetery. 

Lesley, Peter W.—Judge of Inferior Court, 1839-43; state legislator, 1843-44. 

Lewis, James—b. May 13, 1813; d. Feb. 20, 1885. Wilder Cemetery. 

Lewis, John S.—State legislator, 1835-36; judge of Inferior Court, 1836-37. 

Lewis, Teresa A.—b. July 16, 1828; d. Jan. 18, 1908. Liberty Hill Cemetery. 

Likens, John G., minister—b. 1804; d. Apr. 30, 1840. Hillview Cemetery. 

Linch, Nancy F. Baker—b. Sep. 17, 1824; d. Feb. 22, 1916. Liberty Hill. 

Lindsay, Benjamin F. H.—b. Mar. 11, 1797; d. Nov. 11, 1872; m. Sarah W.—b. Apr. 27, 
1798; d. Sep. 28, 1870. Hillview Cemetery. 

Lindsay, B. T.—b. 1824; d. Aug. 8, 1867. Hillview Cemetery. 

Lindsay, Jacob—b. Feb. 3, 1812; d. Sep. 12, 1868. Bethel Church. 

Little, S. D., physician—b. Jan. 29, 1825; d. Oct. 5, 1872; m. Elizabeth—b. May 12, 
1828; d. Jan. 6, 1900. Hillview Cemetery. 

Loftin, James H.—b. Feb. 4, 1808; d. Mar. 21, 1873; m. Mary Coney—b. Feb. 20, 1812; 
d. Apr. 1, 1856. Hogansville Cemetery. 

Long, Mrs. Susan F.—b. July 1, 1803; d. Oct. 9, 1857; wife of Henry Long. Fannin 
Cemetery. 

Long, James A.—Captain of Co. K, 13th Ga., C. S. A., Evans Guards, July 8, 1861; Major 
of 13th, Dec. 13, 1862; state legislator, 1863-65. 

Longley, Francis Marion—b. Apr. 4, 1839, in Benton, Tenn.; d. Apr. 18, 1923; m. Mary 
E. Poer—b. 1848; d. 1913; Lieutenant Co. C, 3rd Tenn., C. S. A.; state legislator, 
1873-74; mayor of LaGrange, 1876; county commissioner, 1878-80; judge Superior 
Court, 1881-82; judge of County Court, 1901-04; state senator, 1909-10; first chair¬ 
man of the present LaGrange Public Schools, 1903; trustee of Mercer University for 
eighteen years. Hillview Cemetery. 

Longley, Frank Park—Clerk of LaGrange, 1893; judge of City Court, 1899-01; state 
legislator, 1919-20, 1933, to date. 

Lord, W. R.—b. Apr. 4, 1834; d. Jan. 11, 1911; wife—b. May 9, 1847; d. Aug. 30, 1924. 
Pinewood Cemetery. 

Lovejoy, Hatton—County school commissioner, 1901-04; state legislator, 1909-12. 

Lovelace, James—b. Apr. 12, 1779; d. Jan. 18, 1860; m. Mary Stapler—b. Apr. 17, 1805; 
d. Sep. 30, 1864; a soldier in the War of 1812. Lovelace Cemetery. 

Lovelace, Col. J. H.—b. Dec. 15, 1825; d. Apr. 22, 1879. Lovelace Cemetery. 

Lovelace, J. L.—County commissioner, 1907-10. 

Lovelace, Lucius B.—b. Feb. 1, 1806; d. Nov. 19, 1875; m. Obedience Robinson—b. Nov. 
29, 1809; d. Dec. 17, 1868. Lovelace Cemetery. 

Lovelace, Lucius T. C.—b. Dec. 1, 1839; d. Jan. 5, 1921; m. Amanda D.—b. Jan. 27, 
1847; d. Sep. 25, 1824. Lovelace Cemetery. 

Lovelace, Malissa Brooks—b. Oct. 10, 1838; d. July 5, 1869; wife of John T. Lovelace. 
Lovelace Cemetery. 

Lowe, Emily T.—b. May 12, 1842; d. Apr. 28, 1893. Hogansville Cemetery. 

Loyd, James—b. Apr., 1807; d. Jan., 1900; m. Jane Cameron—b. Feb. 28, 1805; d. Dec. 
3, 1864. Loyd Chapel. 

Loyd, James T.—b. Jan. 6, 1846; d. Jan. 26, 1890; m. Mattie T. Hudson—b. May 13, 
18 52; d. May 13, 1905. Loyd Chapel. 

Lyon, Miss Anna Donna—b. Sep. 11, 1843; d. Oct. 25, 1915. Pinewood Cemetery. 

McCall, Mrs. Margaret—b. Feb. 18, 1825; d. Sep. 27, 1892. O’Neal Cemetery. 


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McCalley, Newton S.—Tax collector, 1901-10. 

McComack, Louis David—b. July 27, 1849; d. Oct. 4, 1895. Hillview Cemetery. 
McCormick, J. T.—state legislator, 1868-70. 

McCoy, A. H.—b. Sep. 12, 1822; d. Dec. 28, 1858. Wehadkee Church. 

McCoy, Leroy—state legislator, 1830-32. 

McCulloh, Calvin Homer—b. July 24, 1843; d. Nov. 30, 1925. Pinewood Cemetery. 
McCulloh, Mark—Mayor of West Point, 1919-20; state legislator, 1923-24. 

McFarland, Joseph D.—b. 1796; d. Oct. 7, 1847; pioneer home in LaGrange in 1829. 
Hillview Cemetery. 

McFarlane, Charles Heard—b. Nov. 17, 1843; d. Sep. 1, 1912; member of Co. K, 35th Ga., 
C. S. A. Hillview Cemetery. 

McFarlin, James M.—b. South Carolina, 1797; d. Mar. 16, 1870. Hogansville. 

McFarlin, Robert Scott—Clerk of Superior Court, 1866-75. 

McGee, George W.—b. Mar. 27, 1801; d. July 7, 1877; m. Mary A. Russell—b. Apr. 25, 
1803; d. Jan. 23, 1875. George McGee Cemetery. 

McGee, John Mack—Captain of Co. B, 60th Ga., C. S. A.; wounded June 13, 1863. George 
McGee Cemetery. 

McGee, John W.—b. Aug. 6, 1803; d. Mar. 29, 1867; m. Caroline E.—b. Oct. 4, 1810; 

d. Oct. 18, 1883. George McGee Cemetery. 

McGee, James Russell—b. Nov. 21, 1827; d. July 21, 1868. George McGee Cemetery. 
McGee, Joseph K.—b. Sep. 18, 1844; d. Nov. 28, 1924. Hillview Cemetery. 

McGee, T. W.—b. June 4, 1841; d. Sep. 30, 1890; m. Lizzie—b. Feb., 1843; d. Feb., 1919. 
George McGee Cemetery. 

McGee, William M.—b. Dec. 9, 1831; d. July 21, 1862. George McGee Cemetery. 
McGehee, Robert F.—Clerk of Superior Court, 183 5-42. 

McKinley, Mrs. Georgia Ann F.—b. Dec. 31, 1849; d. July 15, 1880; wife of W. P. Mc¬ 
Kinley. Flowers Cemetery. 

McKinley, Mrs. Mary Elvira Cherry—b. Jan. 31, 1829; d. Nov. 12, 1899. Pinewood 
Cemetery. 

McLendon, James W.—b. Sep. 19, 1816; d. Mar. 24, 1882; m. (1) Rebecca—d. Oct. 19, 
1868; m. (2) Annie Eliza Thompson—b. Mar. 31, 1845; d. Oct. 17, 1928. Pinewood 
Cemetery. 

McLendon, Jesse—b. 1811; at Monticello, Ga.; d. 1878; m. Martha Johnston; judge of 
Inferior Court, 1846-48; came to Troup in 183 5. Hillview Cemetery. 

Mabry, Charles W.—b. Aug. 22, 1819; d. Apr. 9, 1884; m. Sarah B.—b. Dec. 12, 1827; 

d. Mar. 14, 1899; state senator, 1863-65. Hillview Cemetery. 

Maddox, James—Judge of Inferior Court, 1828-31. 

Maddox, R. F.—Sheriff of Troup County, 1854-5 5. 

Mallory, John D.—member of Co. B, 60th Ga., C. S. A.; no dates; m. (1) Julia—b. 1849; 

d. 1879; m. (2) Martha Hodnett—b. 1851; d. 1911. Mallory Cemetery. 

Mallory, Reuben W.—b. Nov. 24, 1814; d. Mar. 24, 1905; m. Martha J. Hogue—b. June 
10, 1822; d. Aug. 20, 1872. Flat Shoals Cemetery. 

Mallory, William M.—b. Dec. 6, 1816; d. Oct. 8, 1852; m. E. T.—b. 1819; d. 1886. 
Mallory Cemetery. 

Marchman, Cornelius P.—b. July 19, 1813; d. Apr. 2, 1880; m. Sophia G. Hightower—b. 

Nov. 1, 1814; d. Jan. 11, 1880. Marchman Cemetery. 

Marchman, George Pinckney—b. Mar. 17, 1847; killed at Fort Tyler, Apr. 16, 1865; C. S. A. 
Marchman Cemetery. 


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287 


Marchman, Mrs. Phillis A. Traylor—b. Feb. 12, 1839; d. Aug. 21, 1866; wife of C. C. 
Marchman. Flowers Cemetery. 

Marchman, William Riley—b. July 9, 1786; d. Oct. 25, 1872; m. (1) Martha Powell— 
b. Aug. 22, 1795; d. June 20, 1848; m. (2) Anna Morgan—b. Aug. 24, 1800; d. 
June 6, 1870; married, 18 52; to Troup from Hancock County in 1827. Marchman 
Cemetery. 

Marcus, William E.—b. July 1, 1792; d. Jan., 18 50; m. Sarah F.—b. May 4, 1798; d. 

Dec. 20, 1867; from Washington County. Marcus-Sledge Cemetery. 

Marsh, Tavner—b. Jan. 11, 1780; d. Sep. 9, 1864; m. Prudence—b. Dec. 29, 1787; d. Sep. 

10, 1865. Marsh-Garner Cemetery. 

Market, J. F.—County commissioner, 1897-04. 

Martin, Beaman H.—Commissioner of West Point, 183 5. 

Martin, Raymond W.—state legislator, 1925-31. 

Martin, William G. S.—Sheriff of Troup County, 1876-84. 

Mason, J. R.—President of LaGrange Female College, 1875-81; completed the repairs begun 
in 1860 and left unfinished. 

Mathews, John J.—b. Feb. 14, 1827; d. Mar. 13, 1864; Captain of Co. D, 4th Ga., C. S. A., 
West Point Guards, Apr. 26, 1861; Lt.-Col., May 8, 1861; m. (1) Mary E.—b. Mar. 

23, 1831; d. Jan. 18, 1859; m. (2) C. Lou—b. Dec. 20, 1833; d. June 15, 1870. 
George Traylor Cemetery. 

Matthew, J. M.—b. Aug. 10, 1824; d. Jan. 8, 1910; m. Peora—b. Jan. 11, 1829; d. Jan. 

7, 1879. Liberty Hill Cemetery. 

Matthew, W. C.—Clerk of Hogansville, 1902-04, 1908-09. 

Mayer, Louis—b. Durkheim, Germany, July 10, 1854; d. Jan. 23, 1918. Pinewood. 

Mayer, Theodore—b. Durkheim, Germany, Mar. 18, 1852; d. Sep. 25, 1923. Pinewood. 
Meadors, Leon L.—Solicitor of City Court, 1917, to date. 

Melson, J. H.—Mayor of Hogansville, 1923; county school superintendent, 1928, to date. 
Melton, Henry B.—b. Mar. 26, 1836; d. Sep. 28, 1898; wife—b. Mar. 25, 1842; d. Feb. 

24, 1918. Hillview Cemetery Annex. 

Melton, Mrs. Sarah Ayers—b. May 28, 1812; d. Sep. 20, 1876. Hillview. 

Melton, W. T.—b. Dec. 11, 1816; d. Apr. 6, 1889. Pinewood Cemetery. 

Melton, William Mike—U. S. World War; d. Ft. Oglethorpe, Oct. 14, 1918. Pinewood 
Cemetery. 

Merna, William, Sr.—b. Ireland, Apr. 8, 1840; d. Sep. 9, 1914; m. Margaret Ann—b. Mar. 

5, 1850; d. Dec. 5, 1922. Pinewood Cemetery. 

Merz, Daniel—b. Durkheim, Germany, Jan. 1, 1842; d. Philadelphia, May 19, 1902; m. 
Rosina Herzberg in 1869; enlisted in C. S. A.; rejected for bad eyes; president of 
West Point Board of Education; to Philadelphia in 1889. 

Merz, Louis—b. Durkheim, Germany, Nov. 8, 1833; member Co. D, 4th Ga., C. S. A.; 

killed at Sharpsburg, Sep. 17, 1862. Pinewood Cemetery. 

Milam, Wade Waters—b. Apr. 23, 1850; d. July 17, 1900; established the LaGrange tele¬ 
phone exchange. Hillview Cemetery. 

Miller, Henry W.—b. Nov. 25, 1849; d. June 15, 1931; m. Lura D. Williams—b. Jan. 7, 
1856; d. Aug. 7, 1933. Lovelace Cemetery. 

Miller, Jacob—b. Nov. 30, 1803; d. July 9, 1878; m. Nancy S. Lovelace—b. Sep. 26, 1810; 

d. Feb. 13, 18 58. Lovelace Cemetery. 

Miller, John W.—b. Aug. 14, 1833; d. June 25, 1868. Lovelace Cemetery. 

Miller, Joseph—b. 1811; d. July 21, 1856. Corinth. 


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Miller, J. P., physician—b. Jan. 1, 1832; d. Apr. 27, 1895; m. Mary E. Atkinson—b. Dec. 
1 1, 1 835 ; d. July 18, 1880. Pinewood. 

Miller, M. C.—b. Feb. 27, 1842; d. Aug. 18, 1909; m. Lou A.—b. Oct. 9, 1845; d. Dec. 
11, 1912. Lovelace Cemetery. 

Miller, Nicholas Wesley—b. Nov. 24, 1836; d. June 5, 1865. Lovelace Cemetery. 

Miller, Palmon L.—b. Mar. 14, 1833; d. Apr. 16, 1879. Hillview. 

Miller, Thomas C.—from Belfast, Ireland; b. May 10, 1814; d. Feb. 8, 1876; m. Elizabeth 
B.—b. Dec. 23, 1818; d. Apr. 17, 1885; judge of Inferior Court, 1856-58; sheriff of 
Troup County, 185 8-61, 1869-75. Hillview. 

Mitcham, George Thomas—b. June 7, 1842; d. Oct. 11, 1897. Pinewood. 

Mobley, E.—b. Aug. 10, 1843; d. Feb. 23, 1913; m. Hellen Aldora Moreland—b. May 2, 
1855; d. May 23, 1897. Hogansville. 

Mobley, Washington P.—b. July 6, 1827; d. July 24, 1875; m. Mary A. L.—b. May 26, 
1831; d. May 19, 1900. White Cemetery. 

Mobley, William J.—b. Mar. 22, 1776; d. Dec. 26, 1849. Old Emmaus. 

Moncrief, Mrs. Martha L. H.—b. Jan. 31, 1819; d. June 18, 1853; wife of W. A. Mon- 
crief. Old Emmaus. 

Moncrief, Mrs. Sarah E. Hardy—b. Feb. 22, 1842; d. Sep. 21, 1902. Thomas Hardy 
Cemetery. 

Moncrief, William A.—b. Aug. 16, 1812; d. June 8, 1870; m. Amanda F.—b. Oct. 8, 
1821; d. Nov. 14, 1898. Emmaus. 

Montgomery, Mrs. Elizabeth—b. Apr. 3, 1773; d. Apr. 2, 1841; wife of David Mont¬ 
gomery. Old Emmaus. 

Montgomery, Mrs. Elizabeth—b. Apr. 28, 1833; d. June 19, 1910; wife of W. S. Mont¬ 
gomery. Hogan Cemetery. 

Montgomery, H. B. T.—b. Apr. 17, 1824; d. Dec. 25, 1865; Captain in 5th Ga., C. S. A.; 
m. Mary A. Broughton—b. Mar. 2, 1832; d. Aug. 23, 1901. Hillview. 

Montgomery, Joseph—President of LaGrange Female College, 1843-56; sold interest in 
college to North Georgia Conference in 1857. 

Moon, Edward Thomas—b. Jan. 14, 1867; state legislator, 1913-14; state senator, 1915-16; 
judge of City Court, 1917-18. 

Moore, Mrs. Caroline McKemie—b. Apr. 23, 1826; d. July 17, 1912. Hillview. 

Moore, Gaston L.—Spanish-American War soldier; no dates. Hillview Annex. 

Moore, S. W.—b. Jan. 14, 1816; d. Jan. 30, 1880. Ware Crossroad. 

Mooty, James—b. South Carolina, Dec. 28, 1790; d. Aug. 23, 1879; m. Margaret—b. May 
29, 1802; d. Mar. 3, 1842. Ware Crossroad. 

Mooty, James Payne—b. June 30, 1839; d. Apr. 18, 1910; m. Mary E.—b. Jan. 12, 1846; 
d. May 17, 1931. Hillview. 

Mooty, John H.—b. Oct. 18, 1833; d. Aug. 4, 1854. Ware Crossroad. 

Mooty, Marvin U.—state legislator, 1929-31. 

Mooty, Nathan A.—b. Feb. 28, 1842; d. Feb. 5, 1892; m. Mary J. Miller—b. Nov. 18, 
1844; d. Mar. 23, 1926. Hillview. 

Moreland, B. T.—b. July 22, 1830; d. Oct. 30, 1888; m. Mary M. Buttrell—b. Sep. 25, 
1 832; d. Mar. 4, 1895. Hogansville. 

Moreland, John Fletcher, physician—b. Mar. 20, 1817; d. Jan. 30, 1878; m. Sarah A.— 
b. Apr. 28, 1822; d. Dec. 16, 1877. Hillview. 

Moreland, M. A., physician—b. Oct. 8, 1822; d. Dec. 25, 1862; m. Sarah A. Shepherd— 
b. Apr. 19, 1826; d. Dec. 30, 1906. Corinth. 


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Moreland, Mrs. Penelope Ousley—b. Oct. 24, 1796 ; d. Aug. 12, 1874; wife of Isaac More¬ 
land. Corinth. 

Morgan, Annie Isabelle—b. Oct. 6, 1826; d. Sep. 30, 1912. Hillview. 

Morgan, Charles S.—b. Feb. 26, 1833; member Co. B, 4th Ga., C. S. A., LaGrange Light 
Guards; killed Williamsport, Md., July 3, 1862. Hillview. 

Morgan, David W.—b. Jan. 23, 1824; d. Dec. 25, 1871. Hillview. 

Morgan, Francis Barber—b. July 20, 1830; d. Nov. 12, 1906. Hillview. 

Morgan, James Nathan—b. Dec. 8, 1833; d. Nov. 17, 1905; m. Margaret J. Rodgers—b. 

Sep. 29, 1831; d. Sep. 5, 1893. Union. 

Morgan, John A.—b. May 31, 1854; d. Jan. 7, 1926. Hillview. 

Morgan, J. Brown—b. Nov. 8, 1836; d. June 24, 1884; Mrs. Morgan was Captain of the 
"Nancy Harts” in 1865. Hillview. 

Morgan, John Ellington—b. Dec. 1, 1796; d. Feb. 16, 1867; m. Mary T.—b. Sep. 12, 1796; 

d. Sep. 16, 1877; an active LaGrange pioneer. Hillview. 

Morgan, J. J.—b. Nov. 28, 1828; d. May 19, 1917. Hillview. 

Morgan, Mollie—b. Mar. 20, 1854; d. Sep. 26, 1904. Hillview. 

Morgan, Robert J.—Judge of Inferior Court, 1850-51. 

Morgan, William Sallard—b. June 10, 1844; d. Dec. 4, 1884; m. Isabelle Edwards—b. 

Apr. 19, 1859; d. July 26, 1881. Hillview. 

Morton, Columbus H.—b. June 9, 1810; d. Oct. 16, 18 52. Old Shiloh. 

Morton, William T.—b. Mar. 20, 1827; d. Sep. 9, 1856. Old Shiloh. 

Moss, J. H.—Clerk of LaGrange, 1924, to date. 

Murphey, William E.—m. Sarah Ann—b. Mar. 6, 1831; d. May 20, 1878. Hillview. 
Murphy, George W.—b. May 7, 1859; d. Dec. 13, 1915; m. Mollie Newell—b. Mar. 31, 
1865; d. Dec. 10, 1902; m. (2) Estelle Lowe—b. Feb. 14, 1874; d. Apr. 4, 1905; first 
superintendent LaGrange Mills. Hillview. 

Musick, Mrs. L. P.—b. 1844; d. 1918. Lebanon Church. 

Nance, W. J.—b. Mar. 6, 1803; d. June 9, 1887; m. Elizabeth—b. Dec. 26, 1821; d. June 
12, 1878. Hightower Cemetery. 

Newsom, Carter—b. Sep. 18, 1844; d. Oct. 3, 1881. Newsom Cemetery. 

Newsom, Joel D.—b. Nov. 4, 1789; d. Dec. 5, 1864; m. Mary E.—b. Oct. 1, 1807; d. 

Apr. 24, 1863; judge Inferior Court, 1831-36. Newsom Cemetery. 

Newsom, Willard Hamilton—b. Mar. 29, 1848; d. Oct. 27, 1917. Tatum Chapel. 

Newton, Ebenezer—b. Athens, Ga., Apr. 3, 1790; d. Aug. 27, 18 59; m. Ann Thomson 
Strong—b. Dec. 1, 1797; d. June 19, 1888. Long Cane. 

Newton, John T.—b. Oct. 22, 1821; d. May 29, 1895; m. Sarah Brown Loyd—b. Dec. 31, 
1832; d. Aug. 5, 1913. Loyd Chapel. 

Newton, L. L.—b. Sep. 13, 1845; d. Feb. 25, 1913; m. N. E.—b. Sep. 16, 1854; d. Oct. 
19, 1897. Hogansville. 

Nichols, Henry Clay—b. Jan. 9, 1848; d. Mar. 29, 1912; m. Elizabeth J.—b. Jan. 25, 1851; 

d. Apr. 16, 1886. Wehadkee Church. 

Nichols, William—b. Jan. 19, 1804; d. Feb. 13, 1893. Wehadkee Church. 

Nix, William Howell—b. Sep. 28, 1856; d. June 4, 1887. Hillview. 

Nix, William W.—b. July 14, 1810; d. Sep. 15, 1867; m. Julia Howell—b. Nov. 10, 1818; 

d. Jan. 11, 1881. Hillview. 

Nolan, T. F.—m. Fannie Mae; no dates. Pinewood. 

Norman, Thomas L.—b. May 17, 1841; d. Sep. 12, 1919. Pinewood. 


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Norwood, Andrew Pickens—b. near Abbeville, S. C., Nov. 5, 1818; d. Feb. 24, 1890; m. 
Elizabeth Young—b. Jan. 7, 1816; d. May 2, 1887; state legislator, 1859-60; to Troup 
in 1833. Norwood Cemetery. 

Norwood, Daniel—b. South Carolina, 1784; d. Jan. 7, 1862; m. Sarah—b. 1786; d. Mar. 
30, 1862. Norwood Cemetery. 

Norwood, Capt. James A.—b. May 28, 1828; d. Sep. 29, 1866; soldier in the Mexican 
War of 1848; honored by South Carolina with a sword in recognition of valor at 
Chepultepec, also a medal. Norwood Cemetery. 

Norwood, William Daniel—b. Oct. 19, 18 39; member of Co. K, 13 th Ga., Evans Guards; 

killed at Spottsylvania, May 18, 1864. Norwood Cemetery. 

Nunnally, Dr. G. A.—President of Southern Female College, 1895-03. 

Oliver, Catherine—d. Oct. 16, 1882. Walker Cemetery. 

Oliver, Mrs. Charlotte Josephine—b. Nov. 29, 1827; d. Mar. 6, 1917; wife of Col. B. 
Oliver. Hogansville. 

Oliver, Miss C. M.—b. Mar. 5, 1828; d. July 22, 1909. Walker Cemetery. 

Oliver, Mrs. Martha J.—b. Mar. 1, 1839; d. July 20, 1872; wife of John H. Oliver. Hogan 
Cemetery. 

O’Neal, Augustus—b. Mar. 17, 1833; d. Nov. 13, 1906. Sturdivant Cemetery. 

O’Neal, Edwin—b. Nov. 26, 1800; d. Oct. 23, 1843; m. Sultana Brewer on Nov. 20, 
1831—d. July 24, 1852. O’Neal Cemetery. 

O’Neal, Hilliard—b. Nov. 24, 1809; d. Feb. 1, 1890; m. on May 24, 1832, to Cynthia 
Brewer—b. July 7, 1811; d. Apr. 26, 1885. O’Neal Cemetery. 

O’Neal, James—b. Mar. 8, 1805; d. Nov. 11, 1848; m. on Aug. 30, 1842, to Mary Francis 
Butts—b. Jan. 8, 1826; d. Aug. 3, 1 85 5. O’Neal Cemetery. 

O’Neal, John M.—b. Sep. 19, 18 50; d. Apr. 20, 1906. Emmaus. 

O’Neal, John Ranee—b. June 12, 1843; member of Co. B, 60th Ga.; killed at Winchester, 
Va., June 12, 1863. O’Neal Cemetery. 

O’Neal, Martha E.—b. Nov. 2, 1842; d. Apr. 2 5, 1915. Union. 

O’Neal, Dr. Reuben Shelby—m. Leila Williams on May 22, 1912; mayor of LaGrange, 
1932, to date. 

O’Neal, William Henry—b. Mar. 12, 1845; d. June 11, 1921; m. Elizabeth Sledge—b. 

Mar. 15, 1845; d. Nov. 15, 1931. Union. 

Orrick, Frank—b. Mar. 3, 1848; d. Apr. 23, 1913. Pinewood. 

Orrick, Mary Jane—b. Aug. 17, 1848; d. Nov. 7, 1922. Pinewood. 

Oslin, William W.—b. 1796; d. Mar. 6, 1872; m. Eliza B.—b. 1800; d. May 6, 1872. 
Pinewood. 

Owens, Daniel—b. 1791; d. Dec. 10, 1883; m. Mary Prather—b. May 25, 1808; d. Feb. 

6, 1882; from Newberry, S. C., to Troup in an ox-cart. Owens Cemetery. 

Owens, John G.—b. Dec. 12, 1842; d. Jan. 26, 1913; m. Josie Roseline—b. Jan. 1, 1850; 
d. Jan. 31, 1913. Mountville. 

Owens, J. M.—b. Nov. 26, 1847; d. Mar. 7, 1918. Owens Cemetery. 

Owens, J. P.—b. Apr. 4, 18 51; d. Oct. 15, 1918. Mountville. 

Owens, Mary Frances—b. Jan. 11, 1840; d. Apr. 17, 1916. Owens Cemetery. 

Owens, Nancy Priscilla—b. Nov. 9, 1845; d. Sep. 9, 1923. Owens Cemetery. 

Owensby, O. J.—b. Jan. 31, 1842; d. Jan. 15, 1918; m. Synthia Elizabeth Edwards—b. 

Sep. 22, 18 52; d. May 17, 192 5. Hillview Annex. 

Park, James F.—b. May 17, 1834; d. Nov. 28, 1914; m. Emma Augusta Bailey—b. 1844; 

d. 1904; mayor of LaGrange, 1891-92. Hillview. 

Park, John—Principal of LaGrange Female Academy, 1834-42. 


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Park, Walter G.—State legislator, 1900-01; state senator, 1902-04. 

Parker, Charles A.—County commissioner, 193 3, to date. 

Parker, John R., minister—b. May 9, 1838; d. Apr. 22, 1894; m. Sallie Law—b. 1848; d. 
1932. Pinewood. 

Parks, Lucy W.—b. Oct. 28, 1808; d. July 18, 1884. Thomas Hardy Cemetery. 

Parks, Oliver P.—b. Oct., 1839; d. Feb. 26, 1860. Pinewood. 

Patterson, John J.—b. Apr. 2, 1844; d. Apr. 19, 1915; m. Carrie Read—b. Dec. 18, 1848; 
d. Feb. 6, 1922. Mountville. 

Pattillo, Charles T.—b. July 27, 1832; d. Dec. 12, 1899; m. Martha A.—b. Aug. 31, 1836; 
d. Mar. 7, 1899. Pinewood. 

Pearce, Gadwell J.—President of LaGrange Female College, 1860-63. 

Pearson, Charles R.—Commissioner of West Point, 1831-3 5. 

Penn, Mrs. Frances Adams—b. Mar. 17, 1828; d. Aug. 2, 1908. Hillview. 

Pennington, Mary E.—b. Aug. 29, 1848; d. May 24, 1911. Pinewood. 

Perdue, H. J.—b. Dec. 13, 1838; d. Dec. 27, 1901. Salem. 

Perdue, M. M.—b. Feb. 1, 1839; d. Aug. 8, 1914; wife, name not stated—b. Oct. 19, 18 50; 

d. Feb. 19, 1928. Salem. 

Perry, Dow—Commissioner of LaGrange, 1828. 

Perry, Mrs. Mary A.—b. Dec. 28, 1849; d. Mar. 15, 1919. Hillview. 

Perry, Thomas A.—b. Feb. 6, 1820; d. Dec. 29, 1890; m. on Jan. 18, 1844, to Permelia 
Jane Earp—b. June 10, 1825; d. Dec. 6, 1882. Troup Factory. 

Pharr, Edward M., physician—b. Sep. 2 5, 1860; d. Aug. 1, 1892. Loyd Chapel. 

Pharr, Samuel T.—b. Aug. 31, 1832; d. Mar. 22, 1898; m. Mary E.—b. Feb. 4, 1832; d. 
Mar. 18, 1908. Lovelace Cemetery. 

Phillips, Dave Edward—b. Dec. 1 5, 1836; d. Nov. 28, 1897; m. Elizabeth Bray—b. Dec. 

22, 1867; d. Dec. 30, 1906. Hillview. 

Phillips, J. H.—b. Feb. 28, 1810; d. May 9, 1890; m. B. G.—b. Feb. 14, 1810; d. June 
21, 1880. Emmaus. 

Phillips, J. L.—b. Oct. 10, 1828; d. Nov. 11, 1890; m. Ann Augusta Terrell—b. Apr. 15, 
1838; d. Nov. 17, 1913. Providence Church. 

Phillips, John—State legislator, 1841. 

Phillips, John T.—b. Jan. 22, 1849; d. Apr. 9, 1884. Potts Cemetery. 

Phillips, Mrs. Mary H.—b. Oct. 24, 1828; d. Sep. 22, 1884. Potts Cemetery. 

Phillips, W. G.—b. May 1, 1848; d. Mar. 1, 1902. Hillview. 

Phillips, William A. J.—b. July 5, 1808; d. Mar. 8, 1879; m. Mary M.—b. June 7, 1810; 
d. Feb. 25, 1873. Emmaus. 

Phillips, W. M.—b. Jan. 30, 175 8; d. July 30, 1849. Emmaus. 

Philpot, C. D.—County commissioner, 1905-06. 

Philpot, David—b. Oct. 6, 1791; d. July 10, 1873; m. Sarah—b. Nov. 2, 1791; d. Sep. 

23, 1849; established Philpot ferry. Philpot Cemetery. 

Philpot, David Allen—b. July 23, 1823; d. Aug. 10, 1885; m. Tabitha E.—b. Apr. 6, 
1824; d. Apr. 22, 1907. Asbury Church. 

Philpot, Mrs. Mary Jane Norwood—b. Dec. 31, 1836; d. June 22, 1857. Norwood Cemetery. 
Pike, Mrs. Maranda Angeline—b. May 2, 1839; d. Apr. 9 | Wives of C. N. Pike, Sr. 

Pike, Mrs. Elizabeth Jane Motley—b. Dec. 15, 1837; d. Sep. 5, 1927^ Hillview Cemetery. 
Pike, Christian Nathaniel—Mayor of LaGrange, 1918. 

Pike, F. Jesse—County commissioner, 193 1-33. 

Piper, Alexander—b. Sep. 12, 1823; d. Feb. 23, 1898; m. Eleanor Dennis—b. Oct. 26, 1826; 
d. June 21, 1903. Lebanon Church. 


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Pitman, Elisha D., physician—b. June 18, 1825; d. Aug. 3, 1895; m. Mary Emily Peavy— 
b. Nov. 23, 1832; d. Apr. 4, 1899; state legislator, 1875-76; mayor of LaGrange, 
1889-90. Hillview Cemetery. 

Pitman, Isaac H.—b. Apr. 22, 1821; d. Dec. 9, 1885. Corinth Cemetery. 

Pitman, James H.—state legislator, 1886-87, 1894-95; solicitor of County Court, 1887-94. 

Pitman, William D.—b. Mar. 31, 1843; d. May 5, 1873. Corinth Cemetery. 

Pittman, Notie—b. July 3, 183 5 ; d. June 7, 1900. Providence Church. 

Pitts, Elizabeth—b. 1806; d. 1871. Whatley Cemetery. 

Pitts, Littleton—Ordinary, 1864-68, 1873-77; county commissioner, 1880-86. 

Pitts, Simeon—b. Oct. 22, 1800; d. Mar. 21, 1885; m. Lucinda Proctor—b. Feb. 20, 1808; 
d. Apr. 10, 1886. Flat Shoals Cemetery. 

Poage, Cynthia A.—b. May 9, 18 30; d. Nov. 9, 1907. Salem Cemetery. 

Poer, Duncan McLaren—b. Harris County, Jan. 2, 1814; m. Elizabeth Pattillo; m. (2) 
Fannie Myhand Edwards; buried in Harris County. New Hope Cemetery. 

Poer, George W.—b. May 26, 1845; d. Apr. 11, 1927; county commissioner, 1913-16. 
Pinewood Cemetery. 

Polhill, Thomas G.—County school commissioner, 1920-28; factor in the consolidation of 
county schools. 

Pollard, Harriet Teel—b. May 26, 1814; d. Mar. 12, 1896. Pinewood. 

Porter, Mrs. Mattie Traylor—b. Mar. 20, 1832; d. July 1 5, 1862; wife of John F. Porter. 
Flowers Cemetery. 

Porter, Mrs. Nancy N.—b. Oct. 7, 1807; d. Mar. 7, 1884. Duncan Cemetery. 

Potts, Frank—b. May 5, 1865; d. Feb. 3, 1900. Potts Cemetery. 

Potts, James Monroe—b. Aug. 20, 1825; d. June 30, 1858. Potts Cemetery. 

Potts, Mrs. Lillias A. Cook—b. Mar. 4, 1837; d. Jan. 3, 1862. Potts Cemetery. 

Potts, Leroy Clark—b. Feb. 18, 1827; d. July 30, 18 58. Potts Cemetery. 

Potts, Mrs. Martha R.—b. Dec. 16, 1830; d. Sep. 19, 18 54. Hill Cemetery. 

Potts, Moses—b. 1792; d. Apr. 11, 1845. Potts Cemetery. 

Potts, Robert M.—b. Oct. 20, 1856; d. June 1, 1880. Potts Cemetery. 

Poythress, Charles E.—b. Sep. 27, 18 52; d. Sep. 10, 1918; m. Martha E.—b. Apr. 6, 1858; 
d. Sep. 24, 1926; tax collector, 1913-18, 1920-25. Hillview Annex. 

Poythress, Joseph—b. 1789; d. Apr. 14, 1853; m. Mary—b. June 30, 1798; d. Sep. 29, 
18 54; trustee of LaGrange Female Academy, 1831; old home is site of LaGrange post- 
office. Hillview Cemetery. 

Prather, Jackson—b. Apr. 9, 1814; d. Feb. 10, 1902. Mountville Cemetery. 

Price, Thomas—b. June 10, 1811; d. Apr. 23, 1870; m. Eliza Jane—b. Aug. 28, 183 1; d. 
June 3, 1898. Pinewood Cemetery. 

Priddy, Robert T., physician—b. Mar. 30, 1814; d. Aug. 21, 1885; buried in Priddy 
Cemetery. 

Prince, William—b. Oct. 27, 1827; d. Dec. 27, 189 5. Harmony Church. 

Pullen, Lucretia Jane—b. Aug. 31, 1829; d. Aug. 9, 1848. Rogers Cemetery. 

Pulliam, Joseph D.—b. May 6, 1837; d. Sep. 7, 1899; m. Annie Wilder—b. May 7, 1842; 
d. Dec. 19, 1908. Liberty Hill Cemetery. 

Pullin, Tilmon—b. 1807; d. May 24, 1873; m. Nellie—b. 1818; d. Aug. 27, 1878. Hogans- 
ville Cemetery. 

Pullin, John T.—b. Mar. 30, 1832; d. Apr. 24, 1873; m. Mary A.—b. Mar. 27, 1835; d. 
Mar. 24, 1875. Hogan Cemetery. 

Raby, Joseph V.—b. Sep. 5, 1834; d. July 29, 1900; m. Martha J. Mallory—b. Dec. 22, 
1844; d. June 12, 1886. Mallory Cemetery. 


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Rachels, Milton H.—b. Nov. 6, 1827; d. Oct. 10, 1903; m. Mary Eliza Truitt—b. Oct. 

27, 1825; d. Sep. 12, 1910. Hillview Cemetery. 

Ragland, Adam—b. Mar. 7, 1811; d. Aug. 8, 1878; m. Demeris—b. Apr. 25, 1814; d. 
Aug. 30, 1893. Hillview Cemetery. 

Ragland, Mrs. Mary Jane Boozer—b. July 4, 1849; d. May 29, 1872; wife of Dr. W. F. 

Ragland. Hogansville Cemetery. 

Randall, Waldroupe W.—Clerk of LaGrange, 1894-98. 

Randle, James Colquitt—b. Feb. 19, 1828; C. S. A.; wounded at Charleston, S. C., Sep. 

22, 1863; d. Sep. 29, 1863. Hillview Cemetery. 

Ransom, A. J.—b. Aug. 27, 1847; d. Nov. 12, 1898; m. Nancy—b. June 8, 1851; d. Feb. 
14, 1894. Union Cemetery. 

Ransom, John J.—b. July 1, 1842; d. Aug. 5, 1885. Flowers Cemetery. 

Ransom, T. F.—b. Nov. 27, 1842; d. Mar. 7, 1920; m. Mary J. Stripling—b. Apr. 12, 
1844; d. June 2, 1893. Union Cemetery. 

Read, Jesse M.—b. Aug. 7, 1826; d. Feb. 4, 1897. Mountville Cemetery. 

Record, Mrs. A. B.—b. June 14, 1840; d. Oct. 17, 1867; wife of J. S. Record. Liberty 
Hill Cemetery. 

Redd, William A.—Trustee of LaGrange Female Academy, 1831. 

Reed, James M.—b. Dec. 25, 1827; d. Apr. 20, 1897; m. Martha A. Richards—b. Feb. 15, 
1838; d. Feb. 8, 1890. Pinewood Cemetery. 

Rees, William J.—b. Jan. 27, 1824; d. June 30, 1852. Scott Cemetery. 

Reichert, Yetta Weinstein—b. July 1, 1839; d. July 22, 1916. Pinewood. 

Reeves, Henry—Solicitor City Court, 1901-16; mayor of LaGrange, 1916-17. 

Reid, E. A.—b. Putnam County, July 10, 1819; d. Oct. 13, 1886; m. E. F.—b. Dec. 24, 
1822; d. Dec. 10, 1872. Hillview Cemetery. 

Reid, Mrs. Georgia A.—b. Nov. 22, 1841; d. Dec. 29, 1907. Hillview. 

Reid, John B.—b. Dec. 6, 1824; d. July 12, 1891; m. Ann Elizabeth Whitfield—b. 1834; 

d. 1914; county commissioner, 1886-88. Hillview. 

Reid, Mary A.—b. July 5, 1845; d. May 9, 1882. Emmaus. 

Reid, Samuel—b. Putnam County, Aug. 18, 1797; d. Feb. 12, 1865; m. Ann S. Moreland— 
b. Oct. 2, 1799; d. Oct. 6, 1852; first county surveyor for Troup; laid off the town 
of LaGrange in 1828. Samuel Reid Cemetery. 

Reid, Samuel S.—b. Mecklenburg County, N. C., 1775; d. Aug., 1855; m. Dorcas A.— 
b. 1777; d. Mar. 31, 1858; judge of Inferior Court, 1828-29, 1849-50. Samuel S. 
Reid Cemetery. 

Reid, S. Augustus—Clerk of city of LaGrange, 1888-90. 

Render, Mrs. Mary Jane Dixon—b. Mar. 10, 1832; d. Feb. 23, 1902; wife of J. L. Render. 
Hillview. 

Render, Robert Dawson—b. May 11, 1842; d. Dec. 12, 1912; m. Sallie White—b. Jan. 22, 
1849; d. July 2 5, 1932. Hillview. 

Render, Miss Sarah A.—b. May 28, 1835; d. Oct. 18, 1913; an untiring worker for her 
church and for Southern Female College. Hillview. 

Ridgeway, Carrie Hogue—b. June 26, 1850; d. June 30, 1930. Pinewood. 

Ridgeway, William T.—b. Mar. 25, 1850; d. Nov. 22, 1898. Long Cane. 

Renwick, Nathan—Judge of Inferior Court, 1847. 

Richards, Robert M.—Commissioner of West Point, 1831. 

Ricketson, James E.—Principal of LaGrange High School, 1903-12; president of Southern 
Female College, 1912-16. 


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Ridley, Charles Bromfield, physician—b. Apr. 23, 1840; d. Dec. 14, 1903; m. Martha 
Beall—b. Nov. 6, 1843; d. Aug. 15, 1915. Hillview. 

Ridley, Frank Morris, physician—b. Jan. 1, 185 6; d. July 7, 1917; m. Nannie Moses—b. 

Feb. 21, 1862; d. Oct. 5, 1889; mayor of LaGrange, 1886-87. Hillview. 

Ridley, James Beall—Clerk of LaGrange, 1901-03; state legislator, 1902-03. 

Ridley, Robert A. T.—b. 1808; m. Mary E. Morris; judge of Inferior Court, 1843-45; 

state senator, 1842-46, 1853-54; state legislator, 1865-67. Hillview. 

Ringer, Nicholas—b. Jan. 12, 1848; d. Nov. 4, 1918; m. Eugenie E.—b. Jan. 5, 1847; d. 

July 10, 1930. Providence Church. 

Ringer, William J.—b. 1820; d. Aug. 15, 1886. Asbury Church. 

Roberts, Alexander A.—Judge of Inferior Court, 18 53-54. 

Roberts, Corp. Orin H.—Member of Co. D, 3 5 th Ga. Providence Church. 

Roberts, W. B.—b. Oct. 7, 1818; d. Sep. 4, 1892. Jones-Roberts Cemetery. 

Roberts, William P.—b. Mar. 4, 1842; d. Oct. 29, 1892; m. Henrietta E. Piper—b. Mar. 
3, 1852; d. Jan. 10, 1914. Lebanon Church. 

Robertson, Anthony P.—b. Sep. 20, 1830; d. Jan. 11, 1905; m. America—b. Dec. 20, 1837; 
d. Nov. 11, 1911. Hillview. 

Robertson, Daniel S.—Sheriff of Troup County, 1828-29, 1832-33, 1836-37. 

Robertson, G. W., minister—b. Nov. 22, 1828; d. Aug. 27, 1900; m. Elizabeth—b. Jan. 
20, 1839; d. July 21, 1911. Hillview. 

Robertson, Robert—b. Scotland, Jan. 20, 1810; d. Feb. 28, 1879; m. Elvania—b. Feb. 29, 
1814; d. Feb. 3, 1890; pioneer textile manufacturer; established Robertson Woolen 
Mill in 1842. O’Neal Cemetery. 

Robertson, Mrs. Sarah M.—b. July 24, 1837; d. Oct. 27, 1913. Hillview. 

Robinson, D. O.—b. Apr. 21, 1837; d. Feb. 12, 1926; m. Delia Ellis—b. Feb. 1, 1842; d. 
July 2, 1902. Pinewood. 

Robinson, J. D.—b. Sep. 12, 1842; d. Aug. 8, 1925; m. Clara Sharp—b. Dec. 25, 1850; 
d. May 29, 1911. Pinewood. 

Robinson, J. H.—b. Aug. 1, 1833; d. Mar. 4, 1915; m. Mary L.—b. Oct. 23, 1833; d. 
Dec. 7, 1889. Wehadkee Church. 

Robinson, James J.—b. 1802; d. Nov. 1, 18 83 ; m. Mary A.—b. 1807; d. Mar. 21, 1878. 
Pinewood. 

Rodgers, Mrs. Frances E.—b. May 10, 1840; d. July 28, 1882; wife of W. M. Rodgers. 
Union. 

Rogers, Collin—Judge of Inferior Court, 1832-33, 1837-42. 

Rogers, Cullen—b. 1791; d. Oct. 25, 1845; m. Sarah Lawson—b. Feb. 2, 1806; d. Mar. 

26, 18 54; an early architect of Troup. Rogers Cemetery. 

Rogers, Henry—b. 1787; d. Sep. 18, 1835; m. Allelujah—b. 1791; d. Apr. 16, 1859. Rogers 
Cemetery. 

Rogers, Henry Allen—b. Apr. 12, 1825; d. Jan. 28, 1848. Rogers Cemetery. 

Rosser, B. F.—County commissioner, 1925-32. 

Rosser, W. C.—b. May 25, 1849; d. Oct. 22, 1905; m. Mattie Manes—b. May 3, 1856; 
d. Feb. 13, 1931. Hogansville. 

Rowe, M. D.—b. Jan. 1, 1838; d. July 5, 1911; m. Martha Hulin—b. Nov. 24, 1838; 
d. Sep. 28, 1902. Pinewood. 

Rowland, Elizabeth H.—b. Franklin County, Va., Feb. 17, 1783; d. June 10, 1858. Bailey- 
Traylor Cemetery. 

Rowland, S. J.—b. Sep. 26, 1839; d. Aug. 12, 1864. Hillview. 


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Rowland, Wiley—b. Apr. 15, 1799; d. May 17, 1875; m. Elizabeth—b. Apr. 3, 1808; d. 
Apr. 28, 1881. Hill view. 

Russell, Erasmus b. Nov. 30, 18 50; d. Sep. 12, 1912. Mountville. 

Russell, Ignatius b. Aug. 16, 1779; d. July 29, 18 57. George McGee Cemetery. 

Russell, James C. b. Nov. 30, 1850; d. Jan. 12, 1909. Mountville. 

Russell, John b. Jan. 23, 1803; d. Nov. 13, 1874; m. Mary A.—b. Jan. 17, 1820; d. 
Apr. 4, 1902. Mountville. 

Russell, John A.—b. Jan. 21, 18 50; d. Sep. 9, 1907. Mountville. 

Rutledge, Mrs. Jane—b. Oglethorpe County, June 22, 1815; d. Mar. 17, 1861; wife of 
Joseph Rutledge. Hillview. 

Sample, William M.—dates indecipherable; m. Jane—b. Mar. 8, 1783; d. Feb. 10, 1826; 
m. Oct., 1802. Sample Cemetery. 

Sanders, Mrs. Margaret Hairston—b. Aug. 20, 183 5; d. Apr. 25, 1911. Harmony Church. 
Sanderson, George F.—b. Natchez, Miss., July 13, 1834; d. Sep. 2, 1863. Hillview. 

Santo, Stephen—b. Baden, Germany, Dec. 25, 1810; d. Oct. 8, 1888; m. Nataline—b. 
1816; d. Mar. 9, 1892. Hillview. 

Sappington, James Lovick—b. Brooksville, Feb. 28, 1849; d. Whitesville, Mar. 12, 1913. 
Sappington Cemetery. 

Sappington, John E.—Member of Co. K, 13th Ga.; b. Aug. 22, 1844; d. Richmond, Dec. 
25, 1862. Sappington Cemetery. 

Sappington, Joshua S.—b. Oct. 15, 1824; d. Aug. 11, 1892; m. Susannah Whaley—b. Apr. 

24, 1848; d. Nov. 7, 1882. Sappington Cemetery. 

Sappington, J. S. L., minister—b. Newton, Ala., Dec. 2 5, 1838; d. Maysville, Nov. 17, 
1917. Sappington Cemetery. 

Sappington, J. L., physician—b. Feb. 28, 1849; d. Mar. 12, 1913; m. Mahala Ann Strip¬ 
ling—b. Mar. 1 5, 18 52; d. July 27, 1881. Union. 

Sappington, William J.—b. Sep. 27, 1800; d. Jan. 30, 1882; m. Dec. 6, 1821, to Martha 
Hardwick Starr—b. Nov. 14, 1804; d. July 17, 1875. Sappington Cemetery. 
Satterwhite, Elijah—b. 1799; d. Aug. 28, 1885; m. Rebecca—b. Jan. 1, 1802; d. Aug. 
14, 1870. Flat Shoals. 

Satterwhite, S. H.—b. Jan. 2, 1836; d. Aug. 17, 1918; m. Mary A.—b. Dec. 25, 1836; d. 
Oct. 31, 1898. Flat Shoals Cemetery. 

Schaefer, W. G.—b. Aug. 17, 1849; d. May 9, 1904; clerk of West Point, 1888, 1892-93. 
Pine wood. 

Schaub, Baxter L.—b. Aug. 6, 1890; member of Co. C, 121st Reg., A. E. F.; d. Macon, 
Ga., Nov. 14, 1917. Hillview Cemetery. 

Schaub, Julius Lindsay—b. Davidson County, N. C., Jan. 9, 1843; d. Dec. 31, 1911; mem¬ 
ber Co. B, 14th N. C., C. S. A. Hillview. 

Scott, Mrs. Christian—b. Nov. 1 1, 1805; d. Nov. 4, 1888. Pinewood. 

Scott, Henry F.—b. Apr. 25, 1793; d. Oct. 19, 1882. Scott Cemetery. 

Scott, James E.—West Point pioneer; West Point Land Co., 1838. 

Scott, John, Sr.—West Point Bridge Co., 1 83 5 ; West Point Land Co., 1838. 

Scott, John R.—b. May 10, 1 833; d. Feb. 19, 1901; m. Louisa J. Fuller—b. Oct. 30, 1837; 
d. Jan. 14, 1920. Pinewood. 

Scott, Mrs. Sarah J. Hester—d. Feb. 15, 1841. Sheppard Cemetery. 

Scott, Solomon—b. Mar. 26, 1844; d. Jan. 5, 1929; m. Lucindy L. White—b. Mar. 6, 18 54; 
d. May 15, 1928. Hillview Annex. 

Scott, William O.—b. June 29, 1818; d. Apr. 19, 185 8. Scott Cemetery. 

Screven, Mrs. Cornelia—b. Feb. 12, 1826; d. Apr. 2, 1900. Hillview. 


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Shackelford, M. A.—Clerk of Hogansville, 1921. 

Shank, John Arnold—b. Dec. 17, 1828; d. June 29, 1896; m. Lovisa Loftin—b. Jan. 3, 
1838; d. Aug. 13, 1916. Hogansville Cemetery. 

Sharp, William O.—b. Dec. 10, 1817; d. Apr. 29, 1876; m. Susan R — b. Feb. 28, 1823; 
d. Feb. 10, 1903. Pinewood. 

Shealy, G. W.—b. Mar. 8, 1840; d. June 3, 1920; m. Augusta—b. Mar. 6, 1842; d. Apr. 

6, 1925. Pinewood. 

Shepherd, John — County surveyor, 1847. 

Shepherd, T. —b. Nov. 14, 1786; d. Jan. 26, 1859. Shepherd Cemetery. 

Shepherd, T. P.—b. July 15, 1818; d. Sep. 1, 1889. Shepherd Cemetery. 

Sheppard, Abram Ayres—b. Jan. 23, 1850; d. July 7, 1875. Sheppard Cemetery. 

Sheppard, Benjamin—b. June 8, 1804; d. Sep. 15, 1861; m. Jane Ayres—b. July 2, 1809; 
d. Dec. 1 1, 185 5. Sheppard Cemetery. 

Shirey, William B.—Sheriff of Troup County, 1914-17; killed in office; b. Apr. 25, 185 5; 
d. Feb. 26, 1917. Tatum Chapel. 

Shirey, James H.—b. July 24, 1847; d. Apr. 10, 1915; m. Emily Formby—b. Sep. 26, 
1844; d. Nov. 22, 1899. Tatum Chapel. 

Sikes, T. M.—b. Jan. 10, 1839; d. Nov. 30, 1906. Hogansville Cemetery. 

Simmons, Asa F.—b. June 30, 1837; d. Sep. 9, 1907; m. Mary A. Cleaveland—b. June 1, 
1839; d. Feb. 17, 1914. Hillview. 

Simmons, James B.—Judge Inferior Court, 1829-32; commissioner of LaGrange, 1828. 
Simms, Frances E. Sheppard—b. Oct. 7, 1844; d. Jan. 19, 1905. Pinewood. 

Simonton, Mrs. Sarah—b. 1792; d. Feb. 4, 1845; wife of Felix Simonton. Long Cane 
Cemetery. 

Simonton, Dr. William G.—b. 1810; d. Oct., 1836. Long Cane. 

Sims, Jacob Bailey—b. Aug. 23, 1849; d. Sep. 9, 1927; m. Ida Brooks—b. Nov. 8, 1851; 
d. Apr. 30, 1897. Corinth. 

Sims, John L.—b. Oct. 10, 1837; d. May 27, 1897; m. Jane H.—b. Apr. 27, 1845; d. 
Mar. 18, 1920. Emmaus. 

Sims, Mrs. Sallie —b. Sep. 17, 1849; d. June 19, 1902; wife of J. I. Sims. Emmaus. 

Sims, S. D.—b. Apr. 17, 1846; d. Apr. 10, 1907. Pinewood. 

Sims, Wiley H. — First ordinary of Troup, 1852-56; judge of Inferior Court, 1857-58, 
1861-63. 

Sims, William Nathan—b. July 13, 1840; d. May 9, 1916; m. Lucy Ann E. Baker—b. 
June 26, 1851; d. Jan. 18, 1924. Emmaus. 

Slack, Henry R., physician — b. May 7, 1862, at Rosedale, La.; m. Ruth Bradfield on Sep. 
14, 1887; president of Pasteur Institute, 1900; built the Sanatorium, afterwards re¬ 
named the Dunson Hospital. 

Sledge, Mrs. Elizabeth H. — b. June 26, 1816; d. Sep. 27, 1883. Marcus-Sledge Cemetery. 
Sledge, Jane — b. Oct. 3, 1818; d. Mar. 14, 1851. Sledge Cemetery. 

Sledge, James Henry—b. Oct. 22, 1851; d. Mar. 13, 1882; m. Mary Louise Cox—b. May 
26, 1853; d. Mar. 17, 1932; Mrs. Sledge afterwards Mrs. W. A. Wright. Hillview. 
Sledge, John—b. Nov. 18, 1815; d. Oct. 6, 1851. Sledge Cemetery. 

Sledge, John W.—b. Feb. 12, 1838; d. Aug. 11, 1921; clerk of Superior Court, 1875-81. 
Marcus-Sledge Cemetery. 

Sledge, Nathaniel H. — b. 1847; d. 1927; m. Ella L. Pitman—b. 1849; d. 1924. Hillview. 
Sledge, Miss Rebecca — b. Aug. 21, 1832; d. Mar. 14, 1892. Marcus-Sledge Cemetery. 
Sledge, Robert H—b. Dec. 3, 1800; d. Aug. 18, 1847. Sledge Cemetery. 


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Sledge, Shirley—b. Mar. 20, 1777; d. Nov. 14, 1868; m. Moisey M.—b. Aug. 15, 1784; 
d. Mar. 18, 1858. Sledge Cemetery. 

Sledge, Shirley, Jr.—b. Apr. 29, 1818; d. Aug. 18, 1883; m. Jane—b. Feb. 28, 1828; d. 
June 23, 1889. Sledge Cemetery. 

Sledge, Whitfield H.—state senator, 1827-30; judge of Inferior Court, 1827-30. 

Sloan, Jesse Louis—b. Sep. 5, 18 50; d. Mar. 5, 1898. Liberty Hill. 

Smedley, James W.—b. Oct. 3, 1835; d. Mar. 22, 1918; m. Beulah A.—b. Feb. 26, 1838; 

d. June 29, 1915. Wehadk.ee Church. 

Smedley, Naomi—b. Sep. 4, 1808; d. Dec. 3, 1884. Wehadkee Church. 

Smith, Alwyn Means—b. Hancock County, Jan. 5, 1865; president of LaGrange Female 
College, 1915; musician. 

Smith, Anderson Clark—b. Jan. 17, 1853; d. Apr. 5, 1919; m. Mary Catherine—b. Oct. 
12, 1842; d. Dec. 14, 1910. Pinewood. 

Smith, Bennaga—b. Sep. 11, 1800; d. Oct. 25, 1880; m. Pollie—b. Nov. 15, 1807; d. 
June 2, 1886. Estes Cemetery. 

Smith, B. T., physician—b. July 12, 1812; d. May 17, 1886; m. Mildred A. G.—b. Feb. 

9, 1815; d. Oct. 5, 1878. Pinewood. 

Smith, Charles A.—Mayor of Hogansville, 1931, to date. 

Smith, Charles O.—b. Oct. 10, 1827; d. Sep. 17, 1911; m. Elizabeth Gibson—b. June 29, 
183 5; d. Jan. 22, 1903. Hillview. 

Smith, Charles W.—County commissioner, 1911-13. 

Smith, Eugene Alexander—Member of Co. F, 2nd Ga., Spanish-American War; no date*. 
Lebanon Church. 

Smith, J. E.—County commissioner, 1890-92. 

Smith, Capt. James J.—b. July 9, 1844; d. June 11, 1914; m. Lizzie Scott; mayor of West 
Point, 1896-98. 

Smith, John A.—b. Apr. 3, 1809; d. June 17, 1880; m. Mary Thompson—b. June 16, 
1809; d. Jan. 12, 1884; builder of Smith’s Mill on the Salem road. Flat Shoals. 

Smith, John M.—b. Sep. 19, 1824; d. Aug. 15, 1908. Flat Shoals. 

Smith, J. W.—Clerk of Hogansville, 1915. 

Smith, Mrs. Martha—b. Mar. 19, 1823; d. Nov. 12, 1901; wife of Reuben Smith. 

Hogansville. 

Smith, Nathaniel Newton, physician—b. Rutherford County, N. C., Apr. 8, 1799; d. Dec. 
20, 1868; to Troup in 1838; m. (1) Aley B. Womack on Feb. 3, 1835—b. 1817; d. 
Nov. 7, 1842; m. (2) Eliza S. McBride—b. Aug. 8, 1807; d. Jan. 2, 1885. Hillview. 
Smith, Dr. Otis, teacher—m. Martha Womack; president of Brown wood, 1852. 

Smith, Maj. Robert S., member Co. B, 4th Ga.—b. Apr. 14, 1836; killed at Sharpsburg, 
Sep. 17, 1862; Major of 4th Ga. Hillview. 

Smith, Rufus Wright—b. Greene County, Mar. 4, 1835; d. Jan. 2, 1915; m. on Dec. 2, 
18 56 to Oreon Mary Mann—b. May 2, 1829; d. Aug. 29, 1907; 1st Lieut. Hancock 
Rifles; professor Emory College, 1871-78; president of Dalton Female College, 1878-85; 
president of LaGrange Female College, 1885-1 5. Hillview. 

Smith, Samuel A.—Sheriff of Troup County, 1917-20. 

Smith, Samuel Paul—b. Apr. 7, 1837; d. Nov. 10, 1910; m. (1) Sallie Jane—b. Apr. 14, 
1854; d. Sep. 21, 1888; m. (2) Hattie Glanton—b. Sep. 20, 1858; d. Aug. 22, 1928. 
Hillview. 

Smith, Simeon A.—b. Feb. 18, 18 50; d. May 27, 1897. Providence Church. 

Smith, Thomas J.—b. Apr. 19, 1830; d. Sep. 1, 1862; m. Emma M.—b. Jan. 6, 183 5; d. 
July 23, 1901. Harmony Church. 


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Smith, W. H.—b. July 26, 1840; d. Jan. 26, 1902; m. M. J.—b. Dec. 31, 1829; d. Feb. 
25, 1898. Harmony Church. 

Smith, Wiley—b. Nov. 7, 1778; d. Dec. 12, 1838; m. on July 7, 1803, to Elizabeth Hearn 
—b. May 14, 1788; d. May 29, 1827. Flat Shoals. 

Smith, Wiley Brooks—b. Apr. 1 1, 1825; d. July 16, 1874; m. Eliza Scott Hall—b. Aug. 

29, 1837; d. Apr. 7, 1912. Hall Cemetery. 

Smith, Dr. Wilie W—b. 1838; d. Nov. 16, 1862. Hillview. 

Smith, William J.—b. Sep. 29, 1819; d. Nov. 12, 1871; m. Hannah J. Middlebrooks— 
d. June, 1867. Flat Shoals. 

Smith, Wilson L.—b. Nov. 9, 1830; d. Feb. 11, 1873; m. Elizabeth Jane—b. Jan. 10, 
1 835 ; d. June 13, 1905. Emmaus. 

Smithwick, Samuel W.—b. Apr. 8, 1847; d. May 5, 1929; m. Susan Caroline Arwood— 
b. July 22, 1847; d. Oct. 7, 1907. Hillview. 

Speer, Alexander—Judge of the Inferior Court, 1 853. 

Speer, John A.—Judge of Inferior Court, 1860-61; solicitor of County Court, 1866-70; 
state senator, 1878-79. 

Speir, Wilburn B.—b. Sep. 2, 1859; d. Aug. 24, 1908; m. Addie J.—b. Nov. 1 1, 1857; 
d. Oct. 14, 1918. Hillview. 

Spinks, Calvin T., Sr.—b. Apr. 14, 1829; d. Mar. 11, 1901; m. Elizabeth—b. Oct. 19, 1839; 
d. Jan. 1, 1921. Union. 

Spradlin, Thomas—b. May 9, 1820; d. June 22, 1900; m. Susan Tomlin—b. Dec. 9, 1835; 
d. Jan. 3, 1901. Corinth. 

Spradlin, W. F.—b. Oct. 25, 1826; d. Aug. 12, 1901; m. Sarah E—b. Mar. 10, 1833; d. 
May 11, 1911. Corinth. 

Stanley, Isham—b. Apr. 16, 1848; d. Mar. 28, 1920; m. Sara A. Chapman—b. Apr. 7, 
1854; d. Nov. 5, 1925. Pinewood. 

Stanley, Thomas, minister—First teacher and founder of LaGrange Female Academy, 1831-33. 
Staples, Mrs. Bettie—b. Sep. 2, 1 835; d. Dec. 26, 1922. Mountville. 

Stephens, Mrs. Susan Hodnett—b. Jan. 15, 1839; d. Jan. 13, 1905; wife of W. A. Stephens. 
Pinewood. 

Sterling, John Randolph—b. Jan. 31, 1 839; d. Jan. 22, 1908; m. Mary Huntley. Hillview. 
Sterling, Wiley J.—b. July 1, 1796; d. Nov. 7, 1851; m. Berthena Bonner—b. Dec. 20, 
1802; d. June 27, 1881; from Pike County to Troup in 1826; married in Upson County 
in 1819. Hillview. 

Sterling, William H.—b. Dec. 2, 1819; d. Mar. 10, 1851. Hillview. 

Stinson, John, minister—b. Jan. 3, 1797; d. Sep. 11, 18 59; m. Nancy L. Johnson—b. Nov. 

27, 1804; d. May 28, 1874. Stinson Cemetery. 

Stinson, Capt. William—b. Mar. 23, 1793; d. Oct. 24, 1842; m. Elizabeth—b. Mar. 8, 
1799; d. June 25, 1846. Stinson Cemetery. 

Strickland, Francis D.—b. Jan. 13, 1842; d. Nov. 8, 1904. Strickland Cemetery. 
Strickland, James K.—b. Apr. 7, 1834; d. Apr. 22, 1882. Strickland Cemetery. 
Strickland, J. W.—County commissioner, 1915-16. 

Strickland, Mrs. Mollie A.—b. July 2, 1861; d. Aug. 21, 1890; wife of R. M. Strickland. 
Strickland Cemetery. 

Strickland, Noah Perry—b. 1842; Confederate soldier; wounded May 9, 1862; d. from 
wounds, June 2, 1862. 

Strickland, Mrs. Susan Fuller—b. 1842; d. 1915. Hillview Annex. 

Strickland, Willis Washington—b. Sep. 21, 1840; d. May 1 5, 1887. Strickland Cemetery. 


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Strickland, Wilson—b. Nov. 8, 1803; d. Apr. 1, 1872; m. Teresa—b. Oct. 17, 1807; d. 
Oct. 13, 1888. Strickland Cemetery. 

Stripling, J. T. —b. Nov. 17, 1848; d. Jan. 5, 1912; m. Mary Lucy Williams —b. Nov. 19, 
1848; d. Jan. 24, 1928. Union. 

Strong, John B.— b. Nov. 8, 1847; d. July 29, 1931; m. Mary Isabel Reid; ordinary, 
1893-01; county school commissioner, 1912-20. Hillview. 

Strong, L.—Clerk of West Point, 1906-26. 

Strong, Mrs. Mary—b. 1800; d. Apr. 19, 183 8. Ware Crossroad Church. 

Strong, Robert Harrison—b. at Lexington, Ga., in 1794; d. Sep. 20, 1874; m. (1) Mary 
Williams; m. (2) Martha Williams; soldier in War of 1812. Strong Cemetery at 
Antioch. 

Strozier, Mrs. Julia Terry Towns—b. Dec. 21, 1849; d. July 23, 1924; wife of Reuben E. 
Strozier. Hillview. 

Strozier, Mrs. Sarah B.—b. Dec. 4, 1826; d. July 6, 1904. Corinth. 

Sturdivant, Joel—b. Sussex County, Va., 1786; d. June 3, 1858; m. Malinda Cochran— 
b. May 28, 1796; d. Dec. 6, 1862. Sturdivant Cemetery. 

Sturdivant, L. W.—b. Sep. 22, 1822; d. Aug. 31, 1899; m. Tallulah Oliver —b. Mar. 3, 
183 5 ; d. June 30, 1868. Sturdivant Cemetery. 

Sturdivant, Mrs. Mary Ann Anderson—b. Aug. 1 1, 1837; d. Oct. 16, 1908. Salem. 
Sturdivant, Paschal P. —b. Aug. 1 5, 1 825 ; d. Aug. 6, 1849. Sturdivant Cemetery. 

Stywald, W. H.— d. 1905; m. Mary Ruth Eastwood—d. 1919. Pinewood. 

Swain, Eliza N.—b. Nov. 23, 1813; d. Mar. 1, 1886. Hillview. 

Swanson, James Emerson—b. Oct. 10, 1824; d. Oct. 18, 1854. Hillview. 

Swanson, J. T.—b. Jan. 9, 1822; d. Dec. 25, 1889; m. Elizabeth Thrash — b. Feb. 18, 1832; 
d. Apr. 18, 1919. Bethel Church. 

Swanson, L. T. — b. Mar. 26, 1826; d. Jan. 23, 1896; m. Mary Anne Nelson—b. Feb. 20, 
1836; d. June 21, 1904. Hogansville. 

Swanson, Mrs. Nancy—b. 1792; d. Mar. 16, 1860. Hillview. 

Swanson, Nathan Graves—b. Aug. 9, 1822; d. Jan. 16, 1888; m. Mary Ann Towns—b. 
Aug. 1 5, 1 83 5; d. Dec. 19, 1912; Howard College graduate, roommate of Pres. R. 
B. Hayes there. Hillview. 

Swanson, Sherwood Wilkinson—b. Jan. 20, 1820; d. May 22, 1883; m. Sarah B.—b. Mar. 
30, 1829; d. Feb. 24, 1877; state legislator, 1864-65; judge of Inferior Court, 1849-50. 
Hillview. 

Talley, Elkaneh—b. Feb. 17, 1796; d. Sep. 24, 18 58; m. Sarah—b. Mar. 2 5, 1803; d. Jan. 
30, 1857. Talley Cemetery. 

Tarver, Mrs. Nancy S.—b. Halifax County, Va., Apr. 14, 1781; d. Aug. 2 5, 1861; first 
husband was Henry Colquitt. Hillview. 

Tatum, P. A.—b. Nov. 26, 1839; d. May 10, 1899; m. Ada Ferrell —b. July 10, 1846; d. 
July 10, 1918. Pinewood. 

Tatum, P. E.—b. Apr. 25, 185 5 ; d. Jan. 10, 1928. Tatum Chapel. 

Tatum, Peter, pioneer—m. Nancy E. Sledge—b. Jan. 4, 1795; d. May 28, 1863. Tatum 
Chapel. 

Tatum, Seth—b. June 9, 1822; d. Sep. 24, 1905; m. Sarah E. Stinson — b. Feb. 4, 1837; 
d. Dec. 3, 190 5. Tatum Chapel. 

Tatum, Seth Sledge—State senator, 1890-91; state legislator, 1894-95. 

Taylor, James—Judge of Inferior Court, 1827. 

Taylor, Jonathan—State legislator, 1839-40; sheriff of Troup County, 1847-49. 

Taylor, Martha—b. Apr. 1 8, 1 83 5 ; d. Oct. 27, 1871. Whatley Cemetery. 


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Taylor, Robert—b. 1811; d. Mar. 3, 1893; m. (1) Jane—b. 1811; d. May 24, 1871; m. 

(2) Elizabeth McGaw—b. May 28, 1815; d. July 31, 1888. Hogansville. 

Teaver, Thomas J.—b. June 7, 1848; d. Jan. 16, 1933; m. Fannie Darden—b. Apr. 9, 1855; 

d. Oct. 12, 1908. Loyd Chapel. 

Terrell, J. Render—State senator, 1933-34. 

Terrell, William B.—b. Oct. 14, 1840; d. Apr. 30, 1860. Pinewood. 

Tharpe, Robert D. A.—Judge of Inferior Court, 1849-52, 18 54-5 5. 

Thomas, Margaret—b. Mar. 28, 1814; d. Sep. 18, 1902. Bethel Church. 

Thomas, William C. — LaGrange pioneer; judge of Inferior Court, 1829-30. 

Thomason, Richard F.—b. Feb. 16, 1815; d. July 1, 1915; m. Martha G. Oliver— b. Sep. 
4, 1818; d. Nov. 2, 1862; buried in Thomason Cemetery; m. (2) Lourena—b. Nov. 
11, 1830; d. June 30, 1870. Hillview. 

Thompson, Alfred H.—b. 1834; d. June 19, 1919; m. Hex F.—b. Feb. 16, 1840; d. May 
9, 1922. Corinth Cemetery. 

Thompson, Andrew J.—b. Mar. 10, 1841; d. Nov. 3, 1917; m. Julia—b. Nov., 1840; d. 

July 28, 1909. Wehadkee Church. 

Thompson, Arthur H.—state senator, 1927-28. 

Thompson, J. F.—state legislator, 1890-91. 

Thompson, J. N. —b. Aug. 8, 1822; d. June 22, 1920. Lebanon Church. 

Thompson, John—b. Sep. 19, 1829; d. July 5, 1892; m. Martha—b. June 23, 1843; d. 
Oct. 12, 1915. Family Cemetery. 

Thompson, John—b. dates indecipherable; m. Mary—b. Oct. 17, 1799; d. Jan. 9, 1885. 
Corinth Cemetery. 

Thompson, Knox Freeman—5 th Field Art., 1st Div., World War; b. not stated; d. Nov. 
1, 1918. Hogansville Cemetery. 

Thompson, Samuel J.—b. Aug. 17, 1772; d. May 21, 1858; sheriff of Troup County, 
1838-39. Flat Shoals Cemetery. 

Thompson, William E.—President of LaGrange Female College, 1920, to date. 

Thompson, William P.—b. Mar. 17, 1807; d. Apr. 28, 1879; m. Amy Satterwhite on July 
26, 1832; m. (2) J. L.—b. Apr. 22, 1822; d. Mar. 14, 1890. Lovelace Cemetery. 
Thornton, John Pope—b. Apr. 14, 1845; d. June 17, 1898; tax receiver, 1892; m. Kittie 
Willis. Hillview Cemetery. 

Thornton, Thomas J.—b. Harris County, June 8, 1813; d. Oct. 6, 1872; judge of Inferior 
Court, 1859-64; m, Martha Ann Culberson—b. Aug. 3, 1813; d. May 2, 1898. 
Hillview. 

Thornton, Mrs. Margaret P.—b. Mar. 16, 1842; d. May 30, 1871; buried in Culberson 
Cemetery. 

Thornton, Maria W.—b. Mar. 21, 1793; d. Feb. 25, 1852. Pinewood. 

Thornton, William—b. Nov. 11, 1827; d. Aug. 25, 1856. Pinewood. 

Thrash, John J. —b. June 12, 1820; d. Jan. 9, 1901; m. Nellie —b. Dec. 8, 1839; d. Apr. 

17, 1894. Family Cemetery. 

Timmons, T. I. C.—County commissioner, 1876-78. 

Timmons, W. H.—Tax receiver, 1911-14. 

Tingle, Fannie Lee—b. Apr. 25, 1803; d. Aug. 2, 1918; the oldest person found in county, 
one hundred and fifteen years. Harmony Church. 

Tinsley, Mary R.—b. July 15, 1824; d. Aug. 18, 1890. Jones-Roberts Cemetery. 

Todd, Capt. George Fauntleroy—Captain of Co. D, 4th Ga., C. S. A., West Point Guards, 
May 8, 1861; wounded at Richmond, Va., June 30, 1862, and died from wounds; 
probably buried at Richmond. 


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Todd, Henry W.—b. Mar. 12, 1802; d. Feb. 28, 1871; m. Emily Eliza—b. June 14, 1818; 

d. Feb. 25, 1887. Pinewood. 

Todd, J. C.—County commissioner, 1917-20. 

Todd, William Henry—b. Mar. 28, 1828; d. Feb. 25, 1901; m. Sarah Caroline Greene— 
b. June 4, 1837; d. Apr. 11, 1910. Hillview. 

Toole, John Edwards—b. Dec. 25, 1845; d. Dec. 5, 1918; clerk of Superior Court, 1881-87; 
mayor of LaGrange, 1880-81. Hillview. 

Toole, Col. John E.—d. May 12, 1885; Colonel of 31st Tenn., C. S. A.; m. Jane Pope— 
d. Dec. 28, 1872; first county school commissioner, 1871-85. Hillview. 

Towns, Henry Harrison—b. Aug. 26, 1840; d. Sep. 21, 1919; m. Moisey Glanton—b. Nov. 
12, 1856; d. Apr. 18, 1917. Hillview. 

Towns, Jarrell O.—Sheriff of Troup County, 1866-69; m. Isabella—b. Nov. 25, 1837; d. 

Dec. 6, 1857; wife buried in Reid Cemetery. 

Trammell, Francis A.—b. Dec. 23, 1849; d. July 10, 1882; m. Petronia Davidson—b. Oct. 
4, 1854; d. June 22, 1882. Pinewood. 

Traylor, George F.—b. July 25, 1827; d. Feb. 8, 1878. George Traylor Cemetery. 

Traylor, George H.—b. July 22, 1799; d. Apr. 11, 1869; m. Synthia—b. Dec. 21, 1799; 

d. June 22, 1866. Family Cemetery. 

Traylor, G. Thomas—Clerk of Superior Court, 1914, to date. 

Traylor, Hill M.—b. Mar. 11, 1841; orderly sergeant of Co. B, 4th Ga., C. S. A., May 26, 
1861; killed at Chancellorsville, May 3, 1863; buried in Traylor-Wright Cemetery. 
Traylor, John C., minister—b. Jan. 25, 1788; d. July 25, 1850; judge of Inferior Court, 
1837-39; m. Tabitha—b. Sep. 12, 1791; d. July 19, 1881. Traylor-Wright Cemetery. 
Traylor, John C.—b. Oct. 3, 1845; d. June 14, 1881; m. Mollie G. Williams on Nov. 2, 
1876. Bailey-Traylor Cemetery. 

Traylor, John Humphrey—b. Dec. 2, 1824; d. Feb. 9, 1907; m. Mary E. Bailey—b. Jan. 
25, 1823; d. Jan. 20, 1903; m. Dec. 17, 1844; state senator, 1884-85. Bailey-Traylor 
Cemetery. 

Traylor, Lucius H.—b. June 17, 1852; d. Nov. 9, 1901; m. Mary T. Robinson—b. June 

20, 1854; d. Nov. 24, 1910. George Traylor Cemetery. 

Traylor, Robert B.—b. Feb. 12, 1848; d. Jan. 17, 1912; na. Virginia B.; state legislator, 

1890-91. Bailey-Traylor Cemetery. 

Traylor, Robert B.—b. Sep. 1, 1816; d. July 16, 1893; m. Celia R. Mullins—b. June 2, 
1819; d. June 16, 1887; county commissioner, 1878-86. Traylor-Wright Cemetery. 
Traylor, Wiley—b. Nov. 2, 1796; d. Aug. 20, 1848; m. Elizabeth K.—b. Apr. 18, 1799; 
d. Nov. 7, 1879. Flowers Cemetery. 

Trimble, A. F.—Tax receiver, 1915-16; m. Fannie E.—b. Feb. 12, 1853; d. Apr. 26, 1910. 
Hogansville Cemetery. 

Trimble, W. S—b. Aug. 23, 1840; d. Aug. 28, 1896. Hogansville Cemetery. 

Trippe, Edwin—Mayor of Hogansville, 1907-08. 

Trippe, W. J. P.—b. Feb. 21, 1842; d. Oct. 31, 1911. Mountville Cemetery. 

Truitt, James Gates—b. Mar. 13, 1849; d. Jan. 8, 1823; m. Mary Hall; industrial factor 
of Troup County. Hillview. 

Truitt, James Monroe—b. Wilkes County, June 9, 1820; d. Apr. 10, 1891; m. (1) Sarah 
L. Gates—b. Sep. 18, 1826; d. Nov. 6, 1845 (Gates Cemetery); m. (2) Louise Hall— 
b. Nov. 8, 1828; d. June 21, 1907. Hillview. 

Truitt, Nathan—b. Dec. 31, 1789; d. Jan. 6, 1859; m. Elizabeth—b. Aug. 25, 1787; d. 
Aug. 28, 1861. Fannin Cemetery. 


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Truitt, Samuel Coates—b. May 1, 18>7; d. May 4, 1918; m. Elizabeth Winfred Whitaker— 
b. Nov. 16, 1834; d. Apr. 9, 1898. Pinewood. 

Tucker, Mrs. Mary Ann—b. 1731; d. Dec. 26, 1831. Hill Cemetery. 

Tuggle, W. O—b. Sep. 2 5, 1845; d. Feb. 3, 188 5; m. Margaret Cox—b. Oct. 8, 1841; 
d. Dec. 17, 1923; state senator, 1868; presidential elector, 1876; Georgia Constitu¬ 
tional convention, 1877. 

Tuggle, William Thomas—b. Mar. 1, 1873; solicitor of City Court, 1899-01; state legis¬ 
lator, 1907-10; judge of City Court, 1925, to date. 

Turner, Abner—b. Dec. 25, 1809; d. Mar. 26, 1830. Hillview. 

Turner, James Madison—b. Putnam County, June 21, 1811; to Troup in 1839; d. Aug. 
20, 1886; m. Mary Jane Grimes at Greensboro, Mar. 19, 1839; b. Dec. 23, 1816; d. 
Nov. 20, 1884; ordinary, 1864. Hillview. 

Turner, John J.—b. July 16, 1828; d. Mar. 21, 1909. Liberty Hill Cemetery. 

Turner, Luther Summerfield—b. Feb. 9, 1843; d. Nov. 29, 1906; m. Susan McKinley— 
b. Dec. 12, 1856; d. May 29, 1903; county commissioner, 1890-92. Pinewood. 

Turner, Sterling Grimes—b. Jan. 14, 1840; Adjutant of 19th Ga., C. S. A.; killed at King¬ 
ston, N. C., Mar. 9, 1865. Hillview. 

Turner, William H., Jr.—County commissioner, 1933, to date. 

Turner, William Weaver—b. June 19, 1844; d. May 5, 1928; m. Mattie Hutchins Coker— 
b. Feb. 24, 1856; d. Sep. 30, 1927; married in 1875; judge County Court, 1874-77, 
1887-94; state representative, 1 88 5; state senator, 1885-86, 1896-97. Hillview. 
Upchurch, Philip O.—b. Mar. 10, 1848; d. Nov. 3, 1920; m. Zilpha Vining Tomme—b. 

Jan. 1 5, 1 850; d. Apr. 11, 1928. Hillview Annex. 

Utting, Richard H.—Clerk of Hogansville, 1916-20, 1924-29. 

Veale, Reuben R.—b. 1773; d. Oct. 14, 1839. Family Cemetery. 

Wagner, William—b. May 25, 1808; d. Apr. 27, 1862; m. Rebecca Ann Reid—b. Sep. 12, 
1826; d. Nov. 10, 1844. Reid Cemetery. 

Walker, Newtons—b. Feb. 20, 1821; d. Sep. 25, 1869; m. Scynthae—b. July 2, 1823; d. 

Nov. 7, 1908. Hillview. 

Walker, James R.— state legislator, 1845. 

Walker, Job. S.—b. Jan. 20, 1834; d. Oct. 18, 1909; m. Ann Oliver—b. Jan. 27, 1835; 
d. Sep. 16, 1892. Family Cemetery. 

Wallace, Mrs. Elizabeth L. Stanley—b. Jan. 19, 1831; d. Dec. 11, 1905; wife of Capt. 
William Wallace. Hillview. 

Wallace, Thomas W.—b. 1839; d. 1909; m. Eugenia Barrow—b. 1843; d. 1920. Pinewood. 
Waller, William A.—d. June 21, 1887; m. Neoma Samantha—b. Sep. 2, 1827; d. Jan. 18, 
1893. Wehadkee Church. 

Wallis, Mrs. Mary—b. Feb. 19, 1832; d. July 26, 1915. Pinewood. 

Ward, Enos Wesley —b. Aug. 19, 1802; d. May 6, 1878; m. Louisa L. Roland —b. July 4, 
1820; d. Jan. 6, 1904. Bethel Church. 

Ward, James Thomas—b. Nov. 26, 1828; d. Dec. 30, 1910; m. Martha Ann Palmer—b. 

Nov. 26, 1840; d. Dec. 26, 1909. Bethel Church. 

Ward, Stephen—b. Aug. 4, 1832; d. Jan. 1, 1892. Bethel Church. 

Ware, Annie L.—b. 1839; d. Nov. 4, 1911. Hillview. 

Ware, Augustus C.—b. June 9, 1830; d. Oct. 25, 1872. Hillview. 

Ware, Bennett M.—b. 1792; d. Sep. 6, 1842; m. Lorena—b. July 26, 1810; d. Jan. 1, 1897; 

LaGrange pioneer. Hillview. 

Ware, Daniel — Judge of Inferior Court, 1843-46. 


Officials and Old Citizens of Troup County 


303 


W'are, Eugenius S. member of Co. B, 4th Ga., C. S. A., LaGrange Light Guards; orderly 
sergeant, Apr. 26, 1861; 2nd Lt. Oct. 19, 1861; killed at King’s Schoolhouse, June 
25, 1862; first member of company to be killed. Hillview. 

Ware, Henry E.—b. Nov. 29, 1848; d. Jan. 26, 1895; m. Eula H. Jackson—b. Jan. 17, 
1862; d. Apr. 3, 1892; mayor of LaGrange, 1888. Hillview. 

Ware, Joseph James—b. May 10, 1844; d. June 20, 1902; m. Charlotte—b. Aug. 9, 1845; 

d. Oct. 20, 1910. Hillview. 

Ware, W. A., physician—b. 1838; d. 1903. Hillview. 

Warner, H. J.—b. Feb. 3, 1827; d. Dec. 2, 1909; m. Ada Edwards—b. Sep. 23, 1850; d. 
Feb. 12, 1917. Bethel Church. 

Watson, William Cauldwell—b. Oct. 30, 1843; d. Jan. 26, 1896; m. Leona M. Gage—b. 

Feb. 10, 1846; d. Oct. 3, 1912. Hillview. 

Watson, William Henry—b. Aug. 17, 18 32; d. Sep. 26, 1901. Hillview. 

Watts, Imogene—b. Oct. 26, 1832; d. July 1, 1884. Pinewood. 

Watts, Mrs. Sarah H. Colquitt—b. Aug. 1, 1797; d. July 27, 18 57. Hillview. 

Webb, Grady—County commissioner, 193 3, to date. 

Webb, Maj. John C.—d. June 6, 1840; commissioner of West Point, 1831; state legislator, 
1838; active pioneer of West Point. Pinewood. 

Webb, L. B., physician—b. Apr. 10, 1868; d. Jan. 1, 1922. Corinth. 

Wells, George Isaac—b. Oct. 19, 1857; d. Feb. 20, 1930. Mountville. 

Wells, Mrs. Martha A. Fincher—b. Jan. 20, 1835; d. Feb. 9, 1918. Mountville. 

West, Henry—State legislator, 1842; state senator, 18 32. 

Whatley, Aaron B.—b. Sep. 24, 1847; d. May 21, 1913; m. Mary E.—b. Oct. 20, 18 5 1; 
d. Sep. 10, 1890. Emmaus. 

Whatley, Oran—b. Mar. 3, 1810; d. Dec. 10, 1887; m. Mathilda—b. Nov. 27, 1816; d. 
Dec. 21, 1874; m. (2) Mrs. Liza Lovelace; m. (3) Mrs. S. J. Hamer; to Troup 
County in 1827. Whatley Cemetery. 

Whatley, Walton B.—b. Oct. 25, 1840; d. July 23, 1915; m. Julia R.—b. Oct. 1, 1842; 

d. July 24, 1929; county commissioner, 1878-80. Whatley Cemetery. 

Whatley, Willis J.—b. Sep. 13, 1801; d. Aug. 20, 1867; sheriff of Troup County, 1827, 
1830-31. Whatley Cemetery. 

Wheat, T. H.—Clerk of West Point, 1894-95, 1899. 

Whitaker, Mrs. Exonia—b. Feb. 5, 1831; d. Jan. 9, 1902; wife of P. H. Whitaker. 
Hogansville. 

Whitaker, Oroon Datus—b. 1790; d. Oct. 26, 1842; m. Martha Rivers—b. 1805; d. Apr. 
28, 1846. Whitaker Cemetery. 

Whitaker, Oroon Datus—b. Nov. 13, 1849; d. May 4, 1905. Pinewood. 

Whitaker, Plee Orion—b. June 12, 1841; d. Oct. 4, 1909; m. Elizabeth Askew—b. Oct. 
4, 1842; d. May 7, 1897. Hogansville. 

Whitaker, Sanders C.—b. Oct. 16, 1871; member of Co. M, 3rd Ga., Spanish-American 
War; d. Nov. 5, 1930. Corinth. 

Whitaker, W. A.—b. Oct. 15, 1846; d. Mar. 8, 1920; wife—b. Feb. 15, 1846; d. June 
21, 1928. Tatum Chapel. 

Whitaker, R. T.—Clerk of West Point, 1879. 

Whitaker, Thomas H.—Solicitor of 37th District Court, 1870-71; judge of County Court, 
1883-86; state legislator, 1888-89. 

White, Benjamin James—b. June 13, 1851; d. Apr. 22, 1909. Hillview. 

White, D. N.—b. Aug. 9, 1837; d. Aug. 29, 1898. Emmaus. 

White, Mrs. Elizabeth Cameron—b. Mar. 2, 1808; d. Jan. 30, 1841. Long Cane. • 


304 


History of Troup County 


Whitfield, Horatio S.—Troup County pioneer. Whitfield Cemetery. 

Williams, J. B.—b. May 24, 1849; d. Mar. 11, 1917; m. M. R. Emory—b. Jan. 3, 1850; 
d. Apr. 26, 1912. Union. 

Williams, John E.—b. June 22, 1820; d. Apr. 15, 1892; m. Lucy A. Hattox—b. Apr. 17, 
1822; d. Apr. 12, 1900. Union. 

Williams, Mrs. Malinda—b. Mar. 31, 1805; d. Feb. 8, 1858. Old Emmaus. 

Williams, Wilson—Trustee LaGrange Female Academy, 1831; state senator, 1836. 

Williams, W. L.—Mayor of West Point, 1879. 

Williams, W. T.—b. Dec. 28, 1844; d. Dec. 16, 1931; m. Mary Emma Cofield—b. Aug. 
27, 18 50; d. Aug. 25, 1921. Harmony Church. 

Willingham, John—b. Apr. 29, 1833; d. Feb. 7, 1899; m. Mary Elizabeth—b. June 20, 
1847; d. Nov. 17, 1898. Hillview. 

Wilson, Wilie—Judge of Inferior Court, 1834-36. 

Wilson, William—b. Mar. 9, 1834; d. Aug. 25, 1879; m. Ava Watts—b. Jan. 27, 1844; 
d. Dec. 4, 1917. Pinewood. 

Wimbish, H. S., physician—b. Dec. 1, 1809; d. June 24, 1875; m. Emma Louisa—b. Feb. 
17, 1826; d. July 19, 185 9; m. (2) Adelaide Elizabeth Stanley—b. 1820; d. Jan. 9, 
1883. Hillview. 

Winn, E. T.—County commissioner, 1880-82; clerk of Superior Court, 1887-96. 

Winston, George Hendree—b. Mar. 5, 1815; d. Dec. 4, 1887; m. Ann H.—b. Jan. 7, 1824; 
d. May 30, 1895. Whitaker Cemetery. 

Winston, Oroon Datus—b. July 16, 1840; d. Feb. 7, 1900; m. Louise Lyon—b. Aug. 20, 
1845; d. Apr. 6, 1930. Whitaker Cemetery. 

Winston, Thomas—b. Oct. 11, 1781; d. Dec. 12, 1864; m. Susan C.—b. Aug. 16, 1796; 
d. Feb. 28, 1869. Winston Cemetery. 

Winston, William Caldwell—b. Aug. 26, 1838; d. Oct. 18, 1871; m. Ann Austin Tinsley 
—b. July 3, 1848; d. Apr. 24, 1871. Whitaker Cemetery. 

Wisdom, John M.—b. Oct. 1, 1826; d. July 22, 1898; m. M. J.—b. Apr. 2, 1832; d. Feb. 
13, 1887; m. Apr. 1, 1 8 53. Wisdom Cemetery. 

Wisdom, John Madison—b. Prince Edward County, Va., Oct. 1, 1826; d. July 22, 1892; 
m. May Jane Williams; to Troup County in 1847. 

Wisdom, L. C., physician—b. Feb. 13, 1831; d. Mar. 5, 1888; m. Mary J.—b. July 4, 
1839; d. Apr. 1, 1912. Corinth. 

Wisdom, William Craddock—b. Apr. 6, 1835 ; d. June 10, 1898; m. (1) on Jan. 16, 1855, 
to Emma D. Spivey; m. (2) on Dec. 10, 1872, to Martha D. Harmon—b. Aug. 3, 
1845; d. Dec. 30, 1923. Salem. 

Witham, John D.—b. Aug. 22, 1814; d. July 17, 1872. Hillview. 

Witham, Mrs. Mary Stuart—d. Mar. 22, 1895. Hillview. 

Witherspoon, Charles Pettigrew—No dates; m. Philogenia. Hillview. 

Wolfe, Jacob H.—b. Feb. 27, 1832; d. Nov. 10, 1887; m. Mary E. Cargile—b. June 26, 
1840; d. (indecipherable). Pinewood. 

Wood, M. S.—b. Apr. 5, 1848; d. Aug. 28, 1893. Pinewood. 

Woodall, Samuel Passens—b. June 18, 1822; d. Dec. 4, 1911; m. Mathilda Wilson—b. 
Aug. 20, 1824; d. June 21, 1894. Lebanon Church. 

Woodruff, H. G.—County commissioner, 1923-32. 

Woodyard, Henry T.—Clerk of West Point, 18 87, 188 8-90, 1900-04; mayor of West 
Point, 1891-92, 1894-95; ordinary, 1901-25. 

Woodyard, Mrs. Martha Higginbothem—b. Apr. 24, 1835; d. Dec. 22, 1902; wife of James 
Woodyard. Pinewood. 


Officials and Old Citizens of Troup County 


305 


Word, Frank—b. July 28, 1851; xn. Eugenia Pullin; county commissioner, 1899-04; Hogans- 
ville industrial factor. 

Wright, George—b. Nov. 14, 1824; d. Feb. 6, 1905. Family Cemetery. 

Wright, Richard—b. 1794; d. Oct. 21, 1875. Family Cemetery. 

Wright, Martha—b. 1815; d. June 21, 1881. R. Wright Cemetery. 

Wright, Sallie V.—b. Jan. 15, 1848; d. Sep. 6, 1881. R. Wright Cemetery. 

Wright, John F.—b. June 1, 1834; d. Sep. 6, 1907; m. Mathilda—b. Nov. 18, 1842; d. 

Apr. 6, 1915. Traylor-Wright Cemetery. 

Wright, Mrs. Thyrsa Francis—b. Nov. 29, 1829; d. Sep. 12, 1907. Pinewood. 

Wyatt, Lee D.—state legislator, 1917-22; judge Superior Court, 1931, to date. 

Wyche, J. W.—b. 1835; d. 1919. Bethel Church. 

Yancey, S. W.—b. Nov. 8, 1800; d. Sep. 17, 1864; m. Emma C.—b. Jan. 6, 1845; d. Mar. 
6, 1866. Hillview. 

Yancey, William C.—Mayor of LaGrange, 1874-75; ordinary, 1877-88. 

Yeatman, J. Woods—b. July 5, 1823; d. May 12, 1864. Hillview. 

Young, James G.—b. Dec. 4, 1830; d. Aug. 20, 1914; m. Martha Jane Freeman—b. June 
29, 1851; d. May 12, 1923. Hillview. 

Young, Robert M., Sr.—b. Sep. 2, 1822; d. Apr. 20, 1878; m. (1) Mary Eaton Yancey— 
b. Dec. 13, 1837; d. Apr. 12, 1857; m. (2) Susan Elizabeth Farley Pitts—b. Aug. 
10, 1831; d. May 2, 1900. Hillview. 

Young, Robert M., Jr.—Ordinary, 1888-93; state legislator, 1907-10. 

Zachry, Alfred F.—b. Mar. 4, 1919; d. July 27, 1868; m. Alberta Lanier—b. Aug. 27, 
1836; d. Feb. 1, 1903. Pinewood. 

Zachry, Thomas A.—b. May 22, 1849; d. Apr. 16, 1900. Hogansville Cemetery. 

Zachry, W. D.—Clerk of Hogansville, 1905-06. 


CHAPTER XXVIII. STATESMEN OF GEORGIA 


United States Senators 

Ante-bellum 


Baldwin, Abraham _ 

.1799-07 


Jackson, James_ 

_1793-95, 1801-06 

Berrien, John M._. 

.....1825-29, 1841-52 


Johnson, Herschel V.. 

_1848-49 

Bibb, W. W..._.. 

_1813-16 


Jones, George...... 

_1807 

Bulloch, W. B_ 

.... 1813 


King, John P- 

_1833-37 

Charlton, Robert M. 

_1852-53 


Lumpkin, Wilson_ 

_1837-41 

Cobb, Thomas W.—. 

—1824-28 


Milledge, John_ 

_1806-09 

Colquitt, Walter T— 

— 1843-48 


Prince, Oliver H_ 

_1828-31 

Crawford, William H. 

— 1807-13 


Tait, Charles.. 

_1809-19 

Cuthbert, Alfred_ 

— 1835-43 


Tattnall, Josiah_ 

_1796-99 

Dawson, William C_ 

— 1849-5 5 


Toombs, Robert_ 

_1853-61 

Elliott, John_ 

— 1819-25 


Troup, George M_ 

_1816-18, 1831-33 

Few, William_ 

1789-93 


Walker, Freeman_ 

_1819-21 

Forsyth, John _ 

_1818-19, 1829-35 


Walton, George_ 

_1795-96 

Gunn, James—.. 

—1789-01 


Ware, Nicholas_ 

_1821-24 

Iverson, Alfred_ 

— 185 5-61 




1861-71—No representation in United 

States 

Senate. 



Confederate 



Hill, Benjamin Harvey.. 

_1861-65 



Lewis, John W_ 

- - 

_1861-63 



Johnson, Herschel 

V— 

___1863-65 



Post 

-BELLUM 


Miller, H. V. M_ 

.— 1871 


Russell, Richard B. 

1933-— 

Norwood, Thomas M... 

.. 1871-77 


Hill, Joshua _ 

_1871-73 

Hill, Benjamin H- 

_1877-82 


Gordon, John B_ 

_1873-80 

Barrow, Pope_ 

__1882-83 


Brown, Joseph E. 

1880-91 

Colquitt, Alfred H- 

...1883-94 


Gordon, John B. 

1891-97 

Walsh, Patrick__ 

_1894-95 


Clay, Alexander S. 

1897-10 

Bacon, Augustus O_ 

....1895-14 


Terrell, Joseph M_ 

___1910-11 

West, William S_ 

_1914 


Smith, Hoke_ 

_1911-21 

Hardwick, Thomas W. 

__1914-19 


Watson, Thomas E... 

_1921-22 

Harris, W. J_ 

_1919-32 


Felton, Mrs. Rebecca. 

_1922 

Cohen, John S_ 

_1932 


George, Walter F_ 

_1922-33 


Members of Congress 


Ante-bellum. Number variable and not always by districts, but 

rather at large. 

Abbott, Joel—__ 

...1817-25 


Baldwin, Abraham _ 

-...1787-99 

Alford, Julius C__ 

...1836-37, 1839-43 


Barnett, William_ 

_1812-15 

Bailey, David J... 

-1851-55 


Black, Edward J_ 

_1839-45 






















































Statesmen of Georgia 


307 


Bibb, William W_1805-13 

Bryan, Joseph-1803-06 

Carey, George_1823-27 

Carnes, Thomas P_1793-95 

Chappell, Absalom_1843-45 

Chastain, E. W_1851-5 5 

Clayton, A. Smith_1831-35 

Cleveland, Jesse F_183 5-39 

Clinch, Duncan L_1843-45 

Cobb, Howell_1807-12 

Cobb, Howell_1843-49, 185 5-57 

Cobb, Thomas W_1817-21, 1823 

Coffee, John_1833-36 

Colquitt, Walter T._1839-40, 1842-43 

Cook, Zadoc..__1816-19 

Colquitt, Alfred H_1853-55 

Cooper, Mark A._1839-43 

Crawford, George W._1842-43 

Crawford, Joel_1817-21 

Crawford, Martin J-185 5-61 

Cuthbert, John Alfred—1813-27 

Dawson, William C.-1836-43 

Dent, William B. M_1853-5 5 

Early, Peter_1802-07 

Floyd, John_1827-29 

Fort, Tomlinson.;_1827-29 

Foster, Nathaniel G_18 55-57 

Foster, Thomas F_1829-35, 1841-43 

Forsyth, John_1813-17, 1823-27 

Gamble, Roger L_1833-35, 1841-43 

Gilmer, George R—1821-23, 29-30, 33-35 

Glascock, Thomas--1836-39 

Grantland, Seaton-183 5-39 

Gartrell, Lucius J-18 57-61 

Habersham, Rich. W_1839-42 

Hackett, Thomas C.-1849-51 

Hammond, Samuel........1803-05 

Haralson, Hugh A-1843-51 

Hall, Bolling_1813-17 

Hardeman, Thomas, Jr.1859-61 

Haynes, Charles E_1825-31, 1835-39 

Hill, Joshua __1857-61 

Hillyer, Junius....--1851-55 

Holsey, Hopkins-183 5-39 

Holt, Hines_1840-41 

Iverson, Alfred-1847-49 

Jackson, Jabez-1835-39 

Jackson, James-1787-91 

Jackson, James-1857-61 


Jackson, Joseph W.-1849-5 3 

Johnson, James_1851-5 3 

Jones, James_1799-01 

Jones, John J._18 59-61 

Jones, John W.-1847-49 

Jones, Seaborn_1833-35, 1843-45 

King, Thomas B_1839-43, 1845-49 

Lamar, Henry G.....1830-33 

Love, Peter..18 5 9-61 

Lumpkin, John H._1843-47, 1855-57 

Lumpkin, Wilson-1815-17, 1827-31 

Mathews, George_1787-91 

Mead, Cowles_1805 unseated 

Meriwether, David_1802-07 

Meriwether, James_1825-27 

Milledge, John_1791-93, 95-99, 01-02 

Millen, John_1843 died 

Newnan, Daniel_1831-33 

■Nisbet, Eugenius A.-1839-41 

Owen, Allen F.-1849-51 

Owens, George W-183 5-39 

Poe, Washington_1845 resigned 

Reese, David A.-1853-55 

Reid, Robert R-1819-23 

Schley, William_1833-35 

Seward, James L.-1853-59 

Smelt, Dennis_1806-11 

Spaulding, Thomas-1805-07 

Stephens, Alex. H.-1843-59 

Stiles, William H-1843-45 

Taliaferro, Benj.-1799-02 

Tattnall, Edward F-1821-27 

Telfair, Thomas_1813-17 

Terrell, William_1817-21 

Thompson, Wiley-1821-33 

Toombs, Robert.1845-53 

Towns, George W-1835-39, 1845-47 

Trippe, Robert P.-185 5-59 

Troup, George M.1809-13, 1817-19 

Underwood, John W. H...1859-61 

Warner, Hiram-1855-57 

Warren, Lott-1839-41 

Wayne, Anthony-1791 unseated 

Wayne, James M-1829-3 5 

Wellborn, M. J-1849-51 

Wilde, Richard H-1815-17, 1823-35 

Willis, Francis_1791-93 

Wright, Augustus R.-1857-59 




































































308 


History of Troup County 


Reconstruction 


Bethune, Marion 

_1871 

Paine, William W.- 

...1871 

Clift, Joseph W. 

1868 

Price, William P_ 

...1871 


1871 

Prince, Charles H._ 

„1868 


1868 

Tift, Nelson...... 

...1868 

Gnve, Samuel F. 

1868 

Whiteley, Richard H- 

...1871 

Long, Jefferson F.. 

_1871 

Young, P. M. B.—.—.— 

...1868, 1871 


Confederate Congressmen 



1863-65 

Kenan, Augustus H., 4th_ 

_1861-63 

Anderson, Clifford, 4th_ 

... 1863-65 

Lester, George N., 8th- 

_1863-65 

Bell, Hiram P., 9th.. 

.1863-65 

Lewis, David W., 5 th- 

_1861-63 

Rlandforrl, Mark H., 3rd 

1863-65 

Munnerlyn, Charles J., 2nd_ 

_1861-63 

Clark, W. W., 6th 

1861-63 

Shewmake, J. T., 5 th_ 

_1863-65 

Echols, J. H., 6th 

1863-65 

.Smith, James M., 7th_ 

_1863-65 

Gartrell, Lucius, J., Rfh 

1861-63 

Smith, William E., 2nd_ 

.1863-65 

Hartridge, Julian, 1st 

.1861-65 

Strickland, Hardy, 10th- 

_1861-63 

Holt, Hines, 3rd—__ 

_1861-62 

Trippe, Robert P., 7th- 

_1861-63 

Ingram, Porter, 3rd— .. 

__1863 



Deputies to Provisional Congress 


Bartow, Francis S. 


Kenan, Augustus H. 


Cobb, Howell, president. 


Nisbet, Eugenius A. 


Cobb, Thomas R. R. 


Stephens, Alexander H., vice-president. 

Crawford, Martin J. 


Toombs, Robert, secretary. 


Hill, Benjamin H. 


Wright, Augustus R. 


Post-bellum Congressmen for 4th District 


Bigby, John S., Newnan.- 

_1871-73 

Grimes, Thomas W., Columbus..1887-91 

Harris, Henry R., Greenville_1873-79 

Moses, Charles L., Turin. 

_1891-97 

Persons, Henry, Talbotton. 

_1879-81 

Adamson, William C., Carrollton.. 18 97-19 

Buchanan, Hugh, Newnan. 

_1881-85 

Wright, William C., Newnan. 

_1919-32 

Harris. Henrv R.. Greenville 1 88 5-87 

Owen. F.mmett. Griffin 

_1933- 


Governors of Georgia 



Colonial 


Oglethorpe, James Edward, founder of the colony..1732-43 

Stephens, William 

i, acting governor_ 

...1743- 

51 

Parker, Henry, acting governor.. 

---— 17H - 

54 


Provincial 


Reynolds, John_ 


1754- 

•57 


Ellis, Henry_ 

Wright, James, afterwards made a baronet. 


.1757-60 

.1760-76 







































Statesmen of Georgia 


309 


Presidents of Executive Council 


Bulloch, Archibald _____1 776-77 

Gwinnett, Button___1777 


Ante-bellum Governors 


Brownson, Nathan...1781-82 

Brown, Joseph E._18 57-65 

Clark, John_1819-23 

Cobb, Howell__18 51-5 3 

Crawford, George W_1843-47 

Early, Peter_1813-15 

Elbert, Samuel...1785-86 

Emanuel, David_1801 

Forsyth, John_1827-29 

Gilmer, George R_1829-31, 1837-39 

Hall, Lyman- 1783-84 

Handly, George....1788-89 

Heard, Stephen...__1781 

Houston, John_1778-, 1784-85 

Howley, Richard.......1780-81 

Irwin, Jared___1796-98, 1806-09 

Jackson, James.. 1798-01 

Jenkins, Charles J._1865-68 

Johnson, James_1865 


Johnson, Herschel V. ...1853-57 

Lumpkin, Wilson-1831-3 5 

McDonald, Charles J_1839-43 

Martin, John_1782-83 

Mathews, George..1787-88, 1793-96 

Milledge, John_1802-06 

Mitchell, David B. .1809-13, 1815-17 

Rabun, William_1817-19 

Schley, William_1835-37 

Talbot, Matthew_1819 

Tattnall, Josiah-1801-02 

Telfair, Edward_1790-93 

Telfair, Elbert_1786-87 

Towns, George W-1847-51 

Treutlen, John A__1777-78 

Troup, George M-1823-27 

Walton, George___.1779-80, 1789-90 

Wereat, John—.—1778-79 


Reconstruction Governors 

Huger, Gen. T. H., military__1868 

Bulloch, Rufus E._1868-71 Conley, Benjamin--1871-72 


Post-bellum Governors 


Smith, James M--—1872-76 

Colquitt, Alfred H-1876-82 

Stephens, Alex H._ 1882-83 died 

Boynton, James S.-1883 

McDaniel, Henry D_1883-86 

Gordon, John B..1886-90 

Northen, William J..1890-94 

Atkinson, William Y-1894-98 

Candler, Allen D.._1898-02 

Terrell, Joseph M-1902-07 

Smith, Hoke_1907-09 

Brown, Joseph M.-1909-11 


Smith, Hoke-1911 

Slaton, John M-1911 

Brown, Joseph M.-1912-13 

Slaton, John M-1913-15 

Harris, Nathaniel E-1915-17 

Dorsey, Hugh M-1917-21 

Hardwick, Thomas W- .1921-23 

Walker, Clifford_1923-27 

Hardman, L. G-1927-31 

Russell, Richard B-1931-33 

Talmadge, Eugene..193 3- 

















































310 


History of Troup County 


Troup County Senatorial Representatives 

Troup County— 1827-44 


Sledge, Whitfield H- 

_1827-30 

Haralson, Hugh A.- 

__1837-38 


1831 

Jenkins, Cyrus R._ 

_1839 

West, Henry__ 

___1832 

Beasley, Jarrell- 

.....1840 

Do'ighprty V^illiam 

1833-34 

Culberson, James_ 

__1841 

Alford, Julius C.. 

.......183 5 

Ridley, Robert A. T.- 

_1842-44 


29th District- 

-1845-52 


Ridley, Robert A. T- 

...1845-46 

Ferrell, Blount C-- 

_1849-50 

Johnson, Berry D._ 

_.1847-48 

Wright, Benjamin H-. 

_1851-52 


Troup County 

—1853-60 


R irllpv Robert A T\ 

1853-54 

Hill, J. S. __ 

_1857-58 

Beasley, William P- 

_185 5-56 

Hill, Benjamin H- 

_1859-60 


37th District, 1861, to date 


Beasley, William P.. 

_1861-63 

Hamrick, W. D_ 

_1900-01 

Mabry, C. W. _ 

___1863-65 

Park, Walter G._ _ 

_1902-04 

McDaniel, J. B-.. 

_1865-67 

Ware, J. B____ 

_1905-06 

Merrill, W. W. 

.. 1868-70 

Steed, E. T._ 

_1907-08 

Peddy, G. W_ 

__....1871-74 

Longlev, Francis M_ 

_1909-10 

Slaughter, T. T.. 

.. .1875-77 

Moore, O. A. ___ 

_1911-12 

Speer, John A- 

..1878-79 

Hixon, John T._.... 

_1913-14 

Daniel, W. Heflin... 

__1880-81 

Moon, Edward T.__ 

_1915-16 

Mandeville, L. F- 

_1882-83 

Loftin, Frank S.__ 

_1917-18 

Traylor, John H.. 

..1884-85 

Steed, E. T.___ 

_1919-20 

Jackson, R. H- 

__1886-87 

Jones, John H_ 

...-.1921-22 

Sharpe, E. H- 

_1888-89 

Loftin, Frank S_ 

_1923-24 

Tatum, Seth Sledge_ 

___1890-91 

Boykin, Shirley C—.__ 

_1925-26 

Whitaker, P. H., Jr- 

_1892-93 

Thompson, Arthur H— . 

_ _1927-28 

Sharpe, E. H_ 

..1894-95 

Mickle, Charles M._ 

...1929-30 

Turner, William W- 

........1896-97 

Beck, L. H. P_ 

..1931-32 

Davis, William J., Jr... 

__1898-99 

Terrell, J. Render_ 

_1933- 


Troup County 

Legislators 



Ante-bellum Representatives 


Alford, Julius C- 

.....1833 

Chivers, Joel M-.. 

_1841-42 

Beasley, Stephen W- 

... 1847 

Clark, Leonard H-- 

__1843 

Bigham, Benjamin H. ... 

_1857-61 

Culberson, John P__ 

_1849-50 

Boykin, John T.... 

_1 85 5-56 

Curtright, Samuel .. 

1840-41 

Bull, Orville A. ... 

.......1837 

Darden, Willis_ _ 

_1839-40 

Cameron, Benjamin H. 

_1842,1847,1854 

Dougherty, Robert_ 

_1 83 5-38 


































































Statesmen of Georgia 


311 


Dougherty, William_ 

_1828 

Fannin, Augustus B. .. 

..1 85 3-54, 1859 

Fannin, W. F. 

-1851-52 

Faver, Henry_ 

_1849-50 

Ferrell, Mickleberry 

--...1843 

Hall, John C_ 

-1839 

Hamilton, James...... 

1RM 

Haralson, Hugh A.—. 

_1831-32 

Harris, Absalom S__ 

_1845 

Harrington, John M_ 

-1857-58 

Hendon, Hartfield.... 

_1839 

Hill, Benjamin H_ 

_1851-52 

Hill, John S_ 

_1855-56 

Holt, William_ 

_1 833-34 


Humber, Robert C_1860 

Johnson, Sankey T._ 1S40-41 

Johnson, William H—.. 1843 

Kennon, Charles L.____1827 

Lesley, Peter W._ 1843-44 

Lewis, John S...1 83 5-36 

McCoy, Leroy_18 30, 1832 

Norwood, Andrew P____18 59-60 

Phillips, John_1841 

Sterling, Wiley J._1829 

Taylor, Jonathan_1839-40 

Walker, James R._1845 

Webb, John C._183 8 

West, Henry_1842 


War and Reconstruction 


Atkinson, N. L_ 

_ 1861-63 

Long, James A_ 

_ 1863-65 

Bigham, Benjamin H.— 

_ 1861-64 

McCormick, J. T_ 

__ 1868-70 

Caldwell, John H__ 

_ 1868-70 

Ridley, Robert A. T_ 

_ 1865-67 

Frost, F. A... 

_ 1865-67 

Swanson, Sherwood W... 

_1864-65 


Post-bellum 

Representatives 


Awtry, John F_ 

. ....1877-79 

Hines, W. F_ 

_1911-16 

Bankston, W. Trox_ 

_ 1917-18 

Jones, James F_ 

_ 1884-85 

Booker, J. H- 

_ 1905-06 

Lane, Heflin H_ 

_ 1915-16 

Bull, Orville A., Jr_ 

_ 1880-81 

Longley, Francis M_ 

..1873-74, 1905-06 

Carlton, J. N __ 

_ 1888-89 

Longley, Frank P_ 

_ 1919-20, 1933 

Cato, William W_ 

_ 1871-72 

Lovejoy, Hatton_ 

_ 1909-12 

Clark, W. H_ 

..1871-72 

MrC.ullnh, Mark 

1 923-24 

Cook, Beverly C_ 

__....1880-81 

Martin, Raymond W_ 

_1925-3 1 

Cox, Albert H__ 

___ 1877-79 

Moon, Edward T_ 

_ 1913-14 

Crenshaw, Thomas C_ 

_1884 

Mooty, Marvin U_ 

__1929-31 

Daniel, James B- 

_1921-27 

Park, Walter G._ .—. 

_1900-01 

Davis, Duke_ 

_ 1931-33 

Pitman, Edward D- 

_ 1875-76 

Dewier, F.. N. 

....1902-03 

Pitman, James H_ 

..1886-87, 1894-95 

Fannin, James H- 

_ 1875-76 

Ridley, James B- 

_ 1902-03 

Freeman, R. A... 

_1900-01 

Tatum, Sledge S-- 

_1894-95 

Freeman, R. A. S- 

_1892-93 

Thompson, J. F- 

_ 1890-91 

Hammett, J. D - 

_1898-99 

Traylor, Robert B - 

_1890-91 

Harrison, W. Terrell. 

__ 1933- 

Tuggle, William T- 

_1907-10 

Hart, Milledge H- 

_1886-87 

Turner, William W- 

_1885 

Hendon, W. Scott- 

_1892-93 

Whitaker, Thomas FI— 

_1 888-89 

Hill B H 

1896-97 

Wyatt, Lee B._ 

__......1917-22 

Hill, J. L-- . . 

..1873-74 

Young, Robert M. _ 

__.....1907-10 

























































































CHAPTER XXIX. ACTS OF LEGISLATURE 


T HE following Acts of the Legislature are reproduced here, as they 
contain subject matter of interest in the study of the municipalities 
and the county. Many others are available, but merely change some point 
of minor interest. 

County Organization. December 11, 1826. An Act to organize the territory lately 
acquired from the Creek Indians, lying between the Flint and the Chattahoochee rivers. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in 
General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That all 
that part of the territory lately acquired from the Creek Indians, lying between the Flint 
and the Chattahoochee rivers, immediately above the old line of Early County and known 
as the First Section, shall form one county to be called Lee. 

That all that part of said territory lying between the rivers aforesaid, and known a>s the 
Second Section, shall form one county to be called Muscogee. 

That all that part of said territory lying between said rivers, and known as the Third 
Section, shall form one county to be called Troup. 

That all that part of said territory east of the Chattahoochee river, and known as the 
Fourth Section, or upper section, shall form one county to be called Cowetaw. 

That all that part of said territory lying west of said river Chattahoochee shall form 
one county to be called Carroll. 

That on the first Monday in May next (1827) the persons who may be in said counties, 
may meet together and under the superintendence of three freeholders, elect five Justices 
of the Inferior Court for their respective counties, a Clerk of the Superior and Inferior 
Courts, a Sheriff, a Tax Collector, a Tax Receiver, a Coroner, and a County Surveyor. 

That the place of election in the county of Lee, shall be Pondstown, or William’s store: 
That the place of election in the county of Muscogee, shall be at the house of William C. 
Osburn; That the place of election in the county of Troup, shall be at the house of Joseph 
Weaver; That the place of election in the county of Carroll, shall be at the McIntosh 
Reserve, at the house of William O. Wagnon. 

First Boundary Change. December 14, 1827. An Act for the division of the late 
acquired counties of Carroll, Troup, Muscogee, and Lee into counties of a proper shape 
and size. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the State of Georgia 
in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, that the 
lately acquired counties of Carroll, Troup, Muscogee, and Lee be divided into counties of 
a proper size and shape. 

That so much of the original county of Carroll as is contained in the following bounda¬ 
ries: Commencing at the intersection of the north line of the Fifteenth Land District 
of Carroll County and the Alabama line, thence eastward along said line to the Chatta¬ 
hoochee river, tfience along the northern bounds of Twelfth and Eleventh Land Districts 
of Troup County to the northeast corner of Land Lot No. 5 in the Eleventh District, 
thence southward to the southeast corner of Land Lot No. 96 in the Third Land District, 
thence westward to the bounds of Alabama, thence in a northerly direction to the point 
of commencement, shall form the county of Troup. 

Reorganization. December 24, 1827. An Act to organize the counties of Meriwether, 
Troup, Harris, Talbot, Marion, and Muscogee. 


Acts of Legislature 


313 


Sec. I. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia 
in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That on the 
first Monday of February next (1828) the persons who reside in the counties of Meri¬ 
wether and Troup, may meet together, and under the superintendence of three freeholders 
elect so many Justices of the Inferior Court for their respective counties as are required 
by law; also, a Clerk of the Superior and Inferior Courts, a Sheriff, Tax Collector, Tax 
Receiver, Coroner, and County Surveyor. 

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the place of election in the county of Meri¬ 
wether shall be at the house of Hugh W. Ector; in the county of Troup, at the house of 
Nicholas Johnson. 

Sec. 3. That the said freeholders shall certify under their hands to the Governor the 
persons so elected, who shall thereupon be commissioned to hold their offices till the next 
general elections for the like officers throughout the state, unless these offices be sooner 
vacated by law. 

Sec. 4. County Town. And be it further enacted, That the Justices of the Inferior 
Court, in their respective counties, or a majority of them, shall fix the site of their neces¬ 
sary public buildings as they may think most conducive to the public good; and they shall 
have the power of erecting all the necessary public buildings in their respective counties, 
and for that purpose purchase a lot of land for a county town, except they should fix upon 
a fraction as the public site, then it shall be the duty of the Court to assess the value of 
the fraction and to enter into the usual obligation for the payment of fractions, and to 
lay out a county town and dispose of the lots as they may think most conducive to the 
public interest; and it shall be the duty of the said Inferior Court to reserve two lots, one 
acre each, for academies, and four lots, one acre each, for religious purposes; and it shall 
be the duty of the Inferior Court to execute titles to each of the religious denominations, 
to one of the lots thus reserved. 

Sec. 5. Militia Districts. And be it further enacted, That the said Justices as soon as 
practicable shall lay off their respective counties into captains districts, and whenever the 
said districts are defined, they shall advertise, and one or more of them attend the election 
of two Justices of the Peace in each captain’s district, giving fifteen days notice thereof, 
who shall be commissioned to continue in office till the next general election of Justices of 
the Peace throughout the State unless their offices be sooner vacated by law. 

Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the Justices of the Peace after they have been 

commissioned as aforesaid, it shall be their duty to advertise in their respective districts 
the election of subaltern officers as required by the militia laws now in force, and the 
said captain shall as early as practicable make out a complete roll of all such persons as 
are liable to do militia duty, and return the same to the Inferior Court. 

Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the Judges of the Court shall in due time 
order an election for field officers, giving fifteen days notice of the same, and it shall be 
the duty of two or more magistrates to superintend said election and certify the same as 
required by the militia laws. 

Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That the Justices of the Inferior Court for said 
counties, shall proceed to select grand and petit jurors agreeable to the law now in force. 

Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That where there are magistrates and military officers 

in any of the counties above named, that the Justices of the Inferior Court be required 

to lay off their districts, and have elections only where there are not a sufficient number 
of those officers in their district. 

Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That no part of this Act be so construed as to 
turn out any officer before the time expires for which elected. 




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History of Troup County 


Last Major Boundary Change. December 22, 1830. An Act to form a new county 
from the counties of Troup, Coweta, and Carroll counties: Heard County, giving the 
northern boundary of Troup. 

Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia 
in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from 
and after the passing of this Act, all that territory lying within the following bounds, viz.: 
Commencing on the Chattahoochee river at the corner of fraction number one hundred 
sixty-one and one hundred sixty-three in the Fourth District of Carroll County, thence 
west a straight line to the Alabama line; thence along said state line to the northwest 
corner of lot number one hundred sixty in the Fifteenth District of former Carroll, now 

Troup County; thence in a straight line to the corner of fraction number forty-eight on 

the river in the Fourteenth District of former Carroll, now Troup County; thence up said 
river to the mouth of Potato Creek in the Twelfth District of Troup County; thence in 
a straight line to the southeast corner of lot number one hundred twenty in the Third 
District of Coweta County; thence in a straight line to the northwest corner of fraction 
number one hundred seventy-six in the Fourth District of Coweta County on the Chat¬ 
tahoochee river; thence a straight line to the beginning corner, shall form a new county 
to be called and known by the name of Heard, in memory of Stephen Heard, late of the 
county of Elbert, deceased. 

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That said county shall be included in the Chatta¬ 
hoochee circuit, and form a part of the First Brigade, of the Ninth Division of the Georgia 

Militia. 

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all officers, civil and military, that are included 
in the county of Heard, shall hold their respective commissions in the same manner as 
if commissioned for said county. 

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the Superior and Inferior Courts and county 
elections shall be held at the house of Joshua Davis, until the Inferior Court shall fix a 
permanent site for the same; that George H. Cooper, William Barclay, Matthew Coleman, 
and Thomas C. Pinkard be and they are hereby appointed commissioners with authority 
to superintend the election of Justices of the Inferior Court, and other county officers and 
to do and perform all other acts preparatory to the organization of said county. 

Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That all lines as mentioned in the first section of 

this Act are and shall be the permanent bounds of said county of Heard; and that the line 
running through the counties of Troup and Coweta shall be run and plainly marked by 

some suitable person, selected by the above named commissioners, who shall be compen¬ 

sated for running said line out of the funds of said county of Heard, so soon as there 
shall be county funds to do so. 

Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militating against 
this Act be, and the same are hereby repealed. 

Incorporation of Franklin (West Point). December 26, 1831. An Act: To in¬ 
corporate the town of Franklin in the county of Troup and to authorize the trustees of 
the Franklin Academy to erect their building on the lot number two hundred eighty-three 
in the Fifth District of said county. 

Sec. 1. Commissioners. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority 
of the same, That Charles R. Pearson, William Atkins, Robert M. Richards, Thomas Er¬ 
win, and John C. Webb be, and are hereby appointed commissioners for the town of Frank¬ 
lin, in the county of Troup, and shall continue in office until their successors are ap¬ 
pointed, agreeable to the provisions of this Act. 


Acts of Legislature 


315 


Sec. 2. Elections. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That on the 
first Monday in April, 1832, and on the first Monday in each and every April thereafter, 
it shall be lawful for all persons, inhabitants in the corporate limits of said town, entitled 
to vote for members of the legislature, to assemble at some public place previously desig¬ 
nated by advertisements in said town, and under the superintendence of two or more 
Justices of the Peace of the county, to elect by ballot five commissioners for said town 
who shall continue in office for one year, and until their successors are elected; and if it 
shall so happen that the election is not held on the day before appointed, it shall be lawful 
for the same to be held on any other day, in the manner and form before described by this 
Act, upon ten days notice being given thereof, in two or more public places in said town; 
and in case of the death, resignation, or removal of any of said commissioners, those re¬ 
maining shall have the power to fill such vacancy or vacancies until the next annual 
election. 

Sec. 3. Ordinances. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the 
aforementioned commissioners and their successors in office shall have full power and 
authority to pass all laws, rules and regulations for the police of said town as shall seem 
to be conducive to the health, peace and well-being of the inhabitants thereof; provided, 
the same shall not be repugnant to the Constitution of this State, and the United States, 
and they shall have full power and authority to appoint such officers as shall be necessary 
to carry into effect and execute such rules and regulations. 

Sec. 4. Boundary. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the 

said commissioners and their successors in office shall have jurisdiction over the lot number 
two hundred and eighty-three and the fractional lot number three hundred eighteen in 
the Fifth District of Troup County. 

Sec. 5. Taxation. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the 

commissioners and their successors in office shall have the power to levy a poll tax on the 
inhabitants, and to tax all property in said town; provided, the said poll tax shall not 
exceed one dollar, and the tax on property shall not exceed that required by the State. 

Sec. 6. Executions. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the 

commissioners shall be authorized to issue executions for the taxes, fines and penalties, and 
the same shall be collected as magistrate’s executions. 

. Sec. 7. Franklin Academy. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That 
the trustees of the Franklin Academy be and they are hereby authorized to erect their 

academy on said lot number two hundred eighty-three, any provision of this Act to the 

contrary notwithstanding. 

Change of Name of Franklin. December 24, 1832. An Act: To change the name 
of Franklin, in Troup County, to the town of West Point, and also to change the name 
of Franklin Academy to that of West Point Academy, and also to alter and amend the 
Act, passed the 26th of December, 1831, incorporating the town of Franklin. 

City of West Point. February 13, 1854. An Act: To amend the several Acts of 
force in relation to the incorporation of the town of West Point, and to incorporate the 
same under the name of the City of West Point, and to provide for the election of a 
mayor and aldermen, and such other officers as may be required, and to confer on them 
specified powers, and for other purposes. 

Limits of West Point. December 26, 183 5. An Act to extend and define the cor¬ 
porate limits of the town of West Point, in Troup County. 

Sec. 1. Limits. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State 
of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the 
same, That from and immediately after the passage of this Act, the corporate limits of 


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History of Troup County 


said town shall be, and they are extended over fractions fifty-seven, fifty-eight, and fifty- 
nine, lying on the western side of Chattahoochee river, in the Sixteenth District of origi¬ 
nally Carroll, but now Troup County; also over fractions three hundred sixteen, three hun¬ 
dred seventeen, and three hundred eighteen, the whole of lots two hundred eighty-three, 
and two hundred eighty-four, and the southern half and the northwest quarter of lot 
number two hundred eighty-five, lying on the east side of said river, in the Fifth District; 
so that the lots and fractions herein specified may be included and embraced within the limits 
of the corporation of said town of West Point, in Troup County. 

Sec. 2. Commissioners. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That 
Charles R. Pearson, Beaman H. Martin, Lawrence Gahagan, Greene W. Hill, and Hutchin¬ 
son Burnham be and the same are hereby appointed commissioners for the town of West 
Point; that said commissioners shall have the privilege of electing an Intendant from their 
own body for said town; which Intendant and commissioners shall continue in office till 
successors are chosen according to the provisions of this Act. 

Sec. 3. Elections. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid. That on the 
second Monday in January, 1837, and on the same day of every subsequent year, it shall 
be lawful for all persons residing within the corporate limits of said town, entitled to vote 
for members of the legislature, to assemble under the superintendence of two or more jus¬ 
tices of the peace, or of the Inferior Court, and elect by ballot an Intendant and four 
commissioners, who shall continue in office one year, and until their successors are elected. 
And if it shall happen that such election should not be held at the specified time, it may 
be lawful for the same to be held on any other day, upon ten days notice being given 
thereof, at two or more public places within the limits of said town; and if vacancies should 
occur, the remaining commissioners are authorized to fill such vacancies till the next an¬ 
nual election. 

Sec. 4. Powers. And be it further enacted, That the above mentioned commissioners 
shall be known as the Intendant and Commissioners of the town of West Point, and by 
such, their corporate name, shall sue and be sued, and shall have a common seal, and shall 
have full power to pass all by-laws and ordinances that may conduce to the health and 
peace of said town, and appoint such officers as may be necessary to execute the same; Pro¬ 
vided, such regulations be not repugnant to the constitution and laws of this State, or the 
United States. 

Sec. 5. Bridge. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Abner 
McGeheej George Whitman, Edward Hancock, John Scott, Sr., Francis M. Gilmer, John C. 
Webb, and Charles R. Pearson be, and the same are hereby authorized to build a bridge 
across the Chattahoochee river, at any point within the limits of said incorporation they 
may deem expedient, and that they be entitled to such tolls as are received by the existing 
ferry at that place. 

LaGrange Female Academy. December 26, 1831. An Act to incorporate certain 
Academies, and to appoint trustees for said Academies. 

The first three sections refer to establishment of county academies in various parts of 
Georgia. 

Sec. 4. Trustees. That Wilson Williams, Julius C. Alford, Rufus Broome, James Her¬ 
ring* John E. Gage, William A. Redd, and Joseph Poythress, and their successors in office, 
be and they are appointed and declared to be a body corporate, under the name and style 
of the Trustees of the LaGrange Female Academy, in the county of Troup. 

Sec. 17. Common Seal. Each of the said corporations shall have the privilege of using 
a common seal. 



Acts of Legislature 


317 


Sec. 20. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militating against 
this Act, the same are hereby repealed. 

LaGrange Female Institute. December 26, 1851. 

Sec. 1. That from and after the passage of this Act, the name of the LaGrange 
Female Institute, incorporated by Act of the General Assembly, approved 17th of De¬ 
cember, 1847, be and the same is hereby changed to the name of the LaGrange Female 
College, and that the powers, privileges and immunities, granted to the LaGrange Female 
Institute, shall continue and inure to the LaGrange Female College. 

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the trustees in whom is vested the title to the 
houses and lots on which LaGrange Female Institute has been heretofore situated, arc au¬ 
thorized to sell the same at public outcry, so soon as the same can be done on such terms 
as they shall deem best, subject, however, to the lien or liens of Joseph T. and Hugh B. T. 
Montgomery, or either of them, on the same. 

Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this 
Act, be and the same are hereby repealed. 

December 17, 1847, LaGrange Female Institute was incorporated with a charter for 
twenty years, and given power to confer degrees. The following were named in the charter 
as trustees: Sampson Duggar, Hampton W. Hill, Daniel McMillan, Orville A. Bull and 
Thomas B. Greenwood. 

LaGrange Female College. December 19, 1859. Whereas the LaGrange Female 
Academy was originally incorporated by the Legislature of Georgia in 1831, and the same 
was duly organized according to the true intent and meaning of the Act; and whereas the 
name of said Academy was afterwards changed to the name of the LaGrange Female In¬ 
stitute; and whereas, the name was subsequently by Act of the General Assembly changed 
to the name of the LaGrange Female College, and certain privileges and rights were con¬ 
ferred by each of the said several Acts; and whereas Joseph T. and Hugh B. T. removed 
said Institution to a more eligible location, and incurred great expense in erecting buildings 
and procuring apparatus, and in making great improvements; and whereas, on the 29th day 
of January, 18 57, said Joseph T. Montgomery and Hugh B. T. Montgomery, by indenture, 
did duly convey said LaGrange Female College to William J. Parks, Caleb W. Key, Albert 
E. Cox and others, as trustees appointed by and acting for the Georgia Annual Conference 
of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; and whereas, said Conference has since said 
day held and managed said College, by its trustees, and have at various times added to and 
filled vacancies in said Board of Trustees. Therefore the General Assembly do enact, that 
the transfer and sale of said LaGrange Female College to the trustees named in said deed, 
and for the purposes therein named, be and the same is, hereby ratified and made legal, and 
that said new trustees and their successors do hold and enjoy and exercise all the powers, 
rights, franchises and privileges heretofore granted by the several Acts aforesaid, as fully 
as if they had been the original trustees for said institution of learning. 

That the present Board of Trustees, to-wit: Robert A. T. Ridley, president; James B. 
Payne, Caleb W. Key, John C. Simmons, Gadwell J. Pearce, Charles R. Jewett, William J. 
Scott, John W. Talley, Robert B. Lester, George C. Clark, William H. Evans, James W. 
Hinton, Eustace W. Speer, William D. Martin, James M. Chambers, James M. Beall, Simon 
W. Yancey, Albert E. Cox, and Benjamin H. Hill, and their successors in office, be and 
they are hereby incorporated and made a body corporate, under the name and style of the 
LaGrange Female College, and as such may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded in any 
court of law or equity in this State, may have a common seal, and adopt all by-laws and 


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regulations for the government of said College they may deem fit and proper, not repug¬ 
nant to the Constitution and laws of this State and of the United States. 

That the said LaGrange Female College may confer degrees, grant diplomas, regulate 
instruction, and do all other things necessary to be done, and have all the powers, privileges 
and franchises heretofore conferred upon any literary female college in this State, and may 
do all things properly attaching to a college of the highest grade. 

That said Board of Trustees shall have power to fill vacancies and enlarge their number, 
as desired, and shall have the power to sell and transfer any property originally belonging 
to said LaGrange Female Academy, or LaGrange Female Institute, and to invest the pro¬ 
ceeds of said sale in accordance with the true intent and meaning of the original incorpo¬ 
ration, and shall have power to hold and possess property, real and personal, by gift, grant, 
bequest, or otherwise, and to alien and dispose of the same under the direction and by the 
consent of the said Georgia Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. 

Note. The Georgia Conference was not yet divided into the present North and South 
Georgia Conferences. 


INDEX 


Abbottsford School District, Boundary of_ 

Academies, Some of the Old_ 

American Legion, Baxter L. Schaub Post_ 

Auxiliary_ 

Ante Bellum Homes_ 

Antioch Baptist Church_ 

*' Quaint Old Deed... 

** School District, Boundary of_ 

Town of ___ 

Architectural Features, Development of—.-. 

Asbury Church_ 

Atlanta and LaGrange Railroad_ 

Atlanta and West Point Railroad_ 

Atlanta, Birmingham and Coast Railroad_ 

Auditorium of West Point_ 

Battle of West Point_ 

Bellevue, Home of Benjamin H. Hill_ 

Ben Hill Infantry, Organization of___ 

Bethel Church_ 

Beulah Church_ 

Birds of Troup County___ 

Boundary of Original Troup County_ 

" of Present Troup County__ 

Brownwood School_ 

Burnt Village of the Indians_ 

Callaway Mills_ 

Carpentering of the Early Days_ 

Cemeteries of Troup County, Location of_ 

Center School District, Boundary of_ 

Cession of Territory by Indians Prior to 1825_ 

*' Text of Treaty of 1825----- 

Chattahoochee River Transportation- 

Christmas and Fourth of July Old Customs- 

Churches of Troup County, List of- 

Clerks of Superior Court with Roster____— 

Colleges of Troup County_ 

Confederate Veterans of Troup County, Roster of- 

Congressmen of Fourth District, Roster of- 

Cooking Methods of Other Days- 

Corn Shucking, An Old Time Recreation- 

Country Doctor of Old Days- 

County Commissioners with Roster- 

County Town, Legislative Instructions- 

Court House of Troup County- 

Court, City and County, with Roster of Judges.. 

" Inferior, with Roster of Justices.. 


PAGE 

-138 

-175 

_189 

-174 

_.169 

___62 

-„185 

-164 

-108 

___109 

- 150 

- 78 

-186 

_99 

_ 27 

_30 

_ 69 

_____121 

_201 

_255 

_108 

_201 

_154 

_129 

_ 306 

__200 

_*._198 

_ 39 

_ 42 

_ 43 















































































320 


Index 


PAGE 


Court, Justice. _ 

" Ordinary, with Roster of Ordinaries....... 

** Superior, with Roster of Judges- 

** Thirty-Seventh District _ 

Daughters of American Revolution_ 

Distribution of Land Lots__ 

Dunson Hospital _ 

Early Roads of the County___ 

Ebenezer Church _ 

Eleventh Land District, Original Grantees_ 

Evans Guards, Organization of_ 

Fannin Guards, Organization of_ 

Ferrell Battery, Organization of_____ 

Ferrell’s Gardens, the Origin of___ 

Fifteenth Land District, Original Grantees_ 

Fifth Land District, Original Grantees_ 

Flat Shoals Church__ 

Fort Tyler, the Soldiers of, Roster_____ 

Forty-First Regiment, C. S. A., Itinerary of_ 

Fourth Land District, Original Grantees of.-.-__ 

Fourteenth Artillery, C. S. A., Itinerary of._ 

Fourteenth District, Original Grantees of.. 

Fourth Regiment, C. S. A., Itinerary of—____ 

Franklin, Town of. Name Changed by Law_,_ 

Act of Incorporation__ 

Georgia Constitutional Guards, Organization of-... 

“ Power Company _ 

Going to Mill, The Old Custom of____ 

Governors of Georgia, Roster of______ 

Gray Hill School District, Boundary of-— 

Hawkes Children’s Library...... 

Hill Crest School District, Boundary of_ 

Hogansville, City Hall of_ 

City of --- 

Public Schools _ 

** Boundary of_ 

School District, Boundary of... 

Horseback Riding of Old Times..... 

House Warming, the Old Custom of- 

Illumination Methods, Development of_ 

Indian Springs Reservation, Cession of- 

Quit Claim _ 

Indian Wars Soldiers_ 

Industrial and Commercial. 

Jewish Cemetery at West Point_ 


_ 44 

_ 41 

_183 

_151 

_106 

_168 

_20 

_ 74 

_187 

_ 25 

_78 

_ 12 

_78 

_75 

_315 

_203 

_308 

_173 

_153 

___35 

_ 36 

_200 

-_-1 99 

-204 

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321 


Judges of Superior Court, Roster of— 
Justices of the Peace_ 


LaGrange Baptist Missionary Union_ 

" City of _ 

** 'City Hall of._ 

** City Schools, Boundary of_ 

Female Academy, Charter of_ 

" Female College_ 


PAGE 

.. 41 

— 3 9 

_181 

_ 47 

_150 

_ 37 

-316 


Female College, Charter of-_ 


_129 

-317 

** Female Institute, Charter of_._317 

** First Baptist Church_ 157 

** First Methodist Church_15 5 

“ Library Club_184 

” Light Guards, Organization of_ 73 

** Memorial Library _151 

'* Post Office _ 149 

“ Presbyterian Church_158 

** Public Schools _ 140 

" The County Town_ 39 

** Woman’s Club _177 

Land Districts of the County_ 30 

Legislators, Troup County State, Roster of_310 

Literature and Arts of the County_143 

Localities and How to Reach Them_:_64 

Log Rolling, the Old Custom of—- j,_199 

Loyd Chapel _:-159 

Masonic Lodge, Union No. 28-176 

Midway Church -173 

Military Music, Changes in_ 68 

_ 67 


Military of Troup County- 

Military Uniforms - 

Militia Districts, Boundaries of-31 

_39 

_ 84 

___160 


Formation of __ 

Minerals and Rocks of the County- 

Mount Pleasant Church_ 

Mount Zion Church.... 

Mountville, Town of- 

School District, Boundary of- 

Municipalities of the County-- 

Nancy Harts, Organization of~ 


..167 

_61 

_36 

.- 47 


Naval Service Men in World War, Roster of— 

Notaries Public - 

Oak Grove School District, Boundary of- 

Officials and Old Citizens, Roster of- 

Organization of Troup County-- 

Organizations and Associations..—. 

Original Grantees Roster, 3rd District- 


4th District— 


_ 75 

_237 

._ 40 

.. 36 

_258 

-. 38 

__175 

_ 11 

_ 12 













































































































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Index 


PACE 

Original Grantees Roster, 5th District_ 14 

" " " 6th District_ 17 

" " " 7th District. 19 

" " " 11th District_ 20 

" " " 12th District. 21 

" 14th District_ 24 

15 th District_ 25 

" 16th District_ 26 

Peddler Wagons of Old Times_ 202 

Pensions ___ 68 

Pipe Smoking of Other Days...202 

Plantation Days of Long Ago__.198 

Presbyterian Ladies Aid Society.....181 

Quilting Bees, the Old Custom of_205 

Railroads, Past and Present___108 

Railway Express Company____113 

Reorganization of Troup County in 1827_*___ 3 8 

Rosemont School District, Boundary of___ 36 

Roster of Colored World War Soldiers____247 

" " Colored Soldiers Died in Service__254 

** " Commissioned Officers World War_237 

** " Confederate Veterans _20 5 

*' ** Fort Tyler Defenders_ 78 

" " Indian Wars Soldiers_ 73 

'* " Naval Service Men in World War..____237 

Old Militia Companies of 18 36___ 81 

" " Spanish-American War Soldiers_ 81 

" " White Soldiers Died in Service_246 

" " White Soldiers of World War_23 8 

Saint Marks Church_164 

Salem School District, Boundary of_ 36 

Sallie Fannie Reid Guards ____ 75 

School Districts, Boundaries of___ 3 3 

Schools, Hogansville Public_142 

LaGrange Public *_140 

Old Academies _:_138 

Troup County Public__1___135 

West Point Public_ .141 

Senators of 37th District, Roster_ 310 

of United States Senate, Roster_ 306 

Settling Day, the Old Custom of_202 

Seventh Land District, Original Grantees of_ 19 

Sheriffs of Troup County, Roster of__ 42 

Sixteenth Land District, Original Grantees of___ 26 

Sixth Land District, Original Grantees of___ 17 

Sixtieth Regiment, C. S. A., Itinerary of_ 77 

Shin Plasters, the Old Fractional Money___202 

Solicitors General of Superior Court, Roster of___ 41 
































































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PAGE 

Southern Female College_ _ ___ 132 

Spanish-American War with Troup County Soldiers_ 80 

Stage Coaches of Other Days___107 

Surveying Land Lots and Districts___ 9 

Tatum School District, Boundary of_ _ _ _ 37 

Telegraph and Telephone Companies_ 112 

Temple Beth-El of West Point_ 172 

Textile Industry of the County_Hj 

Third Land District, Original Grantees of_ 11 

Thirteenth Regiment, C. S. A., Itinerary of_ 76 

Transportation Development _106 

Trees of Troup County__ _ 88 

Troup, George M., a Sketch of His Life_ 4 _ 1 

Troup County, Boundaries of_ 30 

Boundary Changes, Act of-_ 312 

Court House _ 149 

Creation by Act of Legislature_ 312 

" Highways __ 11 ] 

Original County Boundaries_27 

Public Schools _ 135 

** Reorganization of, Act of_312 

Troup Hussars, Organization of_ 75 

Troup Light Guards, Organization of_ 74 

Twelfth Land District, Original Grantees of_ 21 

Twenty-First Regiment, C. S. A., Itinerary of_ 76 

United Daughters of the Confederacy_182 

Utilities, Companies of Public_ 112 

Vehicles of Early Days_106 

Vernon, the Forgotten Town of_ 62 

Wehadkee Church _ 171 

West Point, Act of Incorporation of City of.__315 

" ** Auditorium _150 

" " Baptist Church __-__162 

" " Battle of _ 78 

** " Christian Church _ 1 -163 

" " City of ____-___ 54 

" '* Female College --—139 

** ** Light Guards, Organization of_ 74 

" ** Manufacturing Company _ 121 

*' ** Methodist Church - 161 

" " Post Office __ 150 

** ** Presbyterian Church - 168 

** " Public Schools -141 

** " '* ** Boundaries of_ 37 

** " Woman’s Club _ 178 

Working the Roads, Old Style..—.—--- 201 

World War Rosters of Troup County Men ----237 


































































































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